# Gerardo Solano

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{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (1953-2000)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gerardo Solano
| fullname = Luis Gerardo Solano Chavarría
| birth_date = 24 December 1953
| birth_place = [San José, Costa Rica](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9%2C_Costa_Rica)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|12|1953|12|24}}
| death_place = [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz_(canton)%2C_Costa_Rica), Costa Rica
| height = 
| currentclub = 
| position = [Striker/Winger](/source/Striker_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Colegio Saint Francis
| youthyears2 = 1971–1972
| youthclubs2 = [Saprissa](/source/Deportivo_Saprissa)
| years1 = 1972–1979
| years2 = 1980
| clubs1 = [Saprissa](/source/Deportivo_Saprissa)
| clubs2 = [Herediano](/source/C.S._Herediano)
| caps1 = 227
| caps2 = 
| goals1 = 
| goals2 =  
| nationalyears1 = 1975–1980
| nationalteam1 = [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| pcupdate =  
| ntupdate = 
}}
'''Luis Gerardo Solano Chavarría''' (24 December 1953, in [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9%2C_Costa_Rica) &ndash; 12 January 2000<ref name="UNAFUT">{{cite web|publisher=UNAFUT |title=Figuras del ayer: Gerardo Solano |url=http://www.unafut.com/index.asp?n=1834 |date=2008-08-12 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) was a [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)n professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played most of his career for [Deportivo Saprissa](/source/Deportivo_Saprissa) and [Herediano](/source/C.S._Herediano) in the 1970s.

==Club career==
Solano was a member of the Saprissa squad that won six consecutive championships from 1972 to 1977,<ref name="UNAFUT" /> a record both in [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) as well as in the [Americas](/source/Americas). He was the team's goalscorer with 57 in this period.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/enero/20/deportes1390967.html Saprissa, campeón de 1972 a 1977 30 años de la hazaña de las seis coronas] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> He was the club's joint-leading scorer with eleven goals in 1973<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Nacion.com|title=Buzón de Rodrigo|url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/octubre/09/deportes853927.html|accessdate=2008-11-10|archive-date=2007-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024141023/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/octubre/09/deportes853927.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he played the most games for Saprissa in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:tras-los-pasos-de-coronado&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 Tras los pasos de Coronado] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209064739/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:tras-los-pasos-de-coronado&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 |date=2014-12-09 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}</ref> He played in 79 international club games.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/agosto/21/deportes2065567.html Zaguero aumenta su historia en el Saprissa] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

Solano also won three titles with [Herediano](/source/C.S._Herediano).

==International career==
Solano appeared in 9 matches for the full [Costa Rica national football team](/source/Costa_Rica_national_football_team) from 1975 to 1980.<ref name="UNAFUT" />

==Death==
Solano died of a heart attack while running in the city centre of [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz_(canton)%2C_Costa_Rica) on 12 January 2000.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2000/enero/13/deportes1.html Luto en Saprissa (Mourning at Saprissa)] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1954 births
Category:2000 deaths
Category:Footballers from San José, Costa Rica
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Costa Rican men's footballers
Category:20th-century Costa Rican people
Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers
Category:Deportivo Saprissa players
Category:C.S. Herediano footballers

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