Nolberto Solano

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Nolberto Solano
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Personnel
birthday December 12, 1974
place of birth Callao ,  Peru
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1986-1992 Alianza Lima
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1992-1993 Sporting Cristal
1993 Deportivo Municipal
1993-1997 Sporting Cristal
1997-1998 Boca Juniors 32 0(5)
1998-2004 Newcastle United 172 (29)
2004-2005 Aston Villa 49 0(8)
2005-2007 Newcastle United 58 0(8)
2007-2008 West Ham United 23 0(4)
2008 AE Larisa 13 0(1)
2009 Universitario de Deportes 24 0(7)
2010 Leicester City 11 0(0)
2010-2011 Hull City 11 0(0)
2011–2012 Hartlepool United 14 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994-2009 Peru 95 (20)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2012 Universitario de Deportes
2013 José Gálvez FBC
2014 Internacional de Toronto
1 Only league games are given.

Nolberto "Nobby" Albino Solano Todco (born December 12, 1974 in Callao ) is a former Peruvian football player and current coach . Mostly in the right midfield or defensive position, he won three Peruvian championships with Sporting Cristal at a young age before spending most of his active career in English professional football via Argentina (with the Boca Juniors ) from 1998. To this end, he completed a total of 95 senior international matches for Peru between 1994 and 2009 and took part in a Copa America three times ( 1995 , 1999 and 2004 ).

Athletic career

Beginnings in South America (until 1997)

Solano was born the youngest child into a family of four brothers and two sisters. Inspired by the Peruvian participation in the 1982 World Cup in Spain , he quickly became enthusiastic about the sport of football. Thanks to the help of Roberto Rojas , Peruvian World Cup participant in 1978 and known to Solano's father, a trial training session at Alianza Lima was arranged and so he successfully auditioned for a group of 1974-year children at the age of eleven. He then gained an advantage in the group of 25 children by specifying the defense center as his favorite position and thus quickly found the team in which his comrades wanted to play all the center forwards. At the age of twelve, Solano became the team captain and two years later he represented Peru in a junior national team for the first time. Although it was foreseeable that he would belong to the rather smaller players, he was still used in the defensive center and until 1992 he remained loyal to Alianza Lima.

In the same year 1992, the then 17-year-old Solano signed his first professional contract with Sporting Cristal . The club's internal competition was very difficult for Solano and in his first year as a professional he only played six games in the first team. During this time he moved to the right defensive side, which enabled him to switch to the offensive game more often than before. Towards the end of the first season, Solano received an offer from the first division competitor Deportivo Municipal , which promised him regular working times. The hopes were fulfilled and in his short time with the new employer, the 18-year-old became a regular player. However, in order to develop further in sport, Solano tried again to assert himself at the much more ambitious Sporting Cristal, where he was also attracted by a possible participation in the Copa Libertadores . He finally found his way into the regular formation through the role of left full-back and success was not long in coming. Solano won the Peruvian championship three times in a row with Sporting Cristal between 1994 and 1996, which was played in the calendar year from February to December. He was also active in the Copa Libertadores every year between 1994 and 1997. The greatest success here was in 1997 when he made it to the final, in which Solano and his men were narrowly defeated by the Brazilian representative Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte .

Although Solano's goal was always Europe, as a 22-year-old he accepted an offer from the top Argentine club Boca Juniors , with future team- mates including Claudio Caniggia and - at least for a short time - Diego Maradona . The ambitious goals were missed (even a second place in the league was considered disappointing), but Solano found himself well in the new environment, which brought significantly more pressure from the fans and the media. At the same time, interest from Europe increased, especially from clubs from the English Premier League . There were then specific talks with Arsenal and Newcastle United and while negotiations with the "Gunners" dragged on, Newcastle's coach Kenny Dalglish made a concrete and attractive offer that all contracting parties were able to accept in August 1998.

Newcastle United (1998-2004)

Newcastle United had a very good reputation in South America in the mid-1990s with the Colombian Faustino Asprilla in their own ranks, had played in the Champions League and shortly before won the English runner-up twice. Two months after Dalglish's commitment, Ruud Gullit Solanos was the new coach, with his position depending on tactics between winger in the conventional 4-4-2 system and "wingback" between defense and midfield in the 5-3-2 arrangement, with the right side was preferred. In addition to his tricky style of play and speed, Solana was the first Peruvian in English professional football to impress right away with his skills as a free kick specialist. Against Manchester United he made a 1-0 opening goal (final score 1: 2) by standard situation and against the same opponent he completed the final in the FA Cup , which was also lost 2-0. In the Premier League, the "Magpies" had slipped into the lower half of the table, but under Gullit's successor Bobby Robson Newcastle occupied a place in the secured midfield again at least in the 1999/2000 season. Solano played his part in this and he harmonized particularly well with Kieron Dyer . According to press rumors in England, Real Madrid are also said to have made a transfer offer of around ten million pounds during this period . The change did not take place, however, and in the subsequent 2000/01 season he and Carl Cort were the best league scorer in his team.

In the two seasons 2001/02 and 2002/03 Solano succeeded each with Newcastle the jump among the top four Premier League teams, which the qualifying games for the Champions League were achieved. Solano had passed the 200 competitive game mark for Newcastle and had thus become a "long-runner" in the club. Suddenly at the beginning of the 2003/04 season he had to fight harder for his regular place and shortly before the end of the winter transfer period he moved to the top division competitor Aston Villa at the end of January 2004 for 1.5 million pounds .

The last years of the Premier League (2004-08)

After his successful debut for Aston Villa on January 31, 2004 at Leicester City (5-0), he initially had to struggle with minor injuries, but in the following 2004/05 season he showed consistently good performances and was again the club's best league scorer . Nevertheless, he decided after three games at the beginning of the 2005/06 season for Aston Villa in late August 2005 to return to Newcastle United. The debut there was delayed by two months due to injury. He then occupied a more central position in midfield than before, before he returned to the usual right-hand side after the coach change to Glenn Roeder . On the last day of play against the designated champions FC Chelsea , he suffered a serious calf injury and was carried off the pitch with a standing ovation. During the failure of right-back Stephen Carr , Solano helped out as a substitute and to stabilize the defensive overall, he also acted there often after Carr's return, who in turn moved to the left.

Exactly two years after his “last minute transfer” to Newcastle towards the end of the summer transfer window, Solano moved to first division rivals West Ham United in late August 2007 , also for family reasons, as they had settled in London. However, his time with the “Hammers” was not a good star, because after a successful debut by substitution against AFC Sunderland (3-1) he suffered not insignificantly from injuries in the 2007/08 season and in summer 2008 he was “released ".

Career end (2008-12)

After a brief engagement in Greece with AE Larisa , he returned to his Peruvian homeland and won another championship there with Universitario de Deportes before he moved to England again. The goal was the second division Leicester City in January 2010 and with the "Foxes" he took mostly defensive tasks (especially after the injury-related loss of Michael Morrison ), which he was without his own goal. After reaching the play-offs, Solano was eliminated in the semifinals against Cardiff City on penalties, although Solano had converted his shot. After two more years as a supplementary player for the second division Hull City in the 2010/11 season and then in the third division for Hartlepool United , Solano ended his active career.

Peruvian national team

Solano completed his first of a total of 95 full international matches for Peru on May 3, 1994 against Colombia (0-1) . From then on he was a constant, even though after moving to Europe he often only played competitive games due to the stress of travel. While he was not allowed to take part in a World Cup finals, he was used in 1995 , 1999 and 2004 at the Copa America . A first long national team break he put between September 2001 and August 2003, when Solano concentrated on club football. After disagreements with coach Freddy Ternero , he resigned in June 2005 before deciding to return under Franco Navarro the following year . Regardless, he was no longer nominated for the 2007 Copa America and when it became clear that his country would miss out on qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , Solano announced his final end as a Peruvian international. His last international match was on October 14, 2009 in Lima against Bolivia (1-0).

Transition to the trainer subject

Solano took his first steps as a coach on a part-time basis for Newcastle Benfield in early 2012 while he was still registered as a Hartlepool United player. In June 2012 he took over the post of head coach at his ex-club Universitario de Deportes in Peru and held this position until the end of the year. The next positions were initially in Peru José Gálvez FBC in 2013 and briefly in Canada in 2014 with the Internacional de Toronto team, which was newly founded in the lower-class League1 Ontario .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Nolberto Solano Biography, Part 1" (OfficialPlayerSites.com)
  2. ↑ a b "Nolberto Solano Biography, Part 2" (OfficialPlayerSites.com)
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 280 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 296 f .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 283 f .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 396 .
  7. ↑ a b Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 379 f .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 380 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 379 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 380 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 387 f .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 386 .
  13. ↑ Newcastle want me, claims Torres (BBC Sport)
  14. ↑ "Solano ends Peru career" (BBC Sport)
  15. ^ "Hartlepool's Nolberto Solano takes Newcastle Benfield coach role" (BBC Sport)
  16. ↑ "Nolberto Solano begs for chance in English or Scottish football as Newcastle hero looks to break into management ... with Motherwell and Hartlepool among potential suitors" (Daily Mail)
personal data
SURNAME Solano, Nolberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solano Todco, Nolberto Albino (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Callao , Peru