Augusto Solari
{{Short description|Argentine footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Augusto Solari
| image =
| full_name = Augusto Jorge Mateo Solari
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rosario, Argentina
| currentclub = Rosario Central
| clubnumber = 23
| position = Winger
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = River Plate
| years1 = 2012–2017
| clubs1 = River Plate
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = → Estudiantes (loan)
| caps2 = 44
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2017–2021
| clubs3 = Racing Club
| caps3 = 48
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2021–2023
| clubs4 = Celta
| caps4 = 38
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2023–2024
| clubs5 = Atlas
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Rosario Central
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 0
| club-update = 16:02, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
}}
Augusto Jorge Mateo Solari (born 3 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a right winger.
Career
Born in Rosario, Solari began his career at River Plate and was a member of the sides that won the 2013–14 Primera División, 2014 Copa Sudamericana and 2015 Copa Libertadores titles, among others. He scored his only goal for La Banda on 29 March 2015 in a 3–2 win at Gimnasia de La Plata.{{cite news |title=River, con Pezzella, le ganó a Gimnasia y Esgrima en La Plata por 3-2|trans-title=River, with Pezzella, beat Gimnasia y Esgrima 3-2 in La Plata|url=https://www.lanueva.com/nota/2015-3-29-8-17-0-river-con-pezzella-le-gano-a-gimnasia-y-esgrima-en-la-plata-por-3-2 |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=La Nueva |date=29 March 2015 |language=Spanish}}
At the end of 2015, Solari was loaned for a year to Nelson Vivas' Estudiantes de La Plata.{{cite news |title=Estudiantes confirmó la llegada de Augusto Solari, cedido por River|trans-title=Estudiantes confirmed the arrival of Augusto Solari, on loan from River |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/futbol/estudiantes-confirmo-la-llegada-de-augusto-solari-cedido-por-river-nid1858693/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=La Nación |date=31 December 2015 |language=Spanish}} In February 2017, this agreement was extended for a further year.{{cite news |title=Solari, cedido a Estudiantes|trans-title=Solari, loaned to Estudiantes|url=https://es.besoccer.com/noticia/solari-cedido-a-estudiantes |access-date=6 April 2021 |publisher=Be Soccer |date=2 February 2017 |language=Spanish}} On 25 May he scored the only goal of a home win over Botafogo in the Copa Libertadores group stage, though the team did not advance.{{cite news |title=Estudiantes de La Plata venció a Botafogo ganador del Grupo 1 de la Libertadores|trans-title=Estudiantes de La Plata beat Botafogo, who won Group 1 of the Libertadores|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/deportes/futbol-copalibertadores-estudiantes-grupo1-copasudamericana.html |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=El Comercio |date=26 May 2017 |language=Spanish}}
In July 2017, Solari transferred to Racing Club on a four-year deal, after being removed from Marcelo Gallardo's plans.{{cite news |title=Racing le compró a River el pase de Augusto Solari|trans-title=Racing buy Augusto Solari's signature from River|url=https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2017-7-14-18-51-19-racing-le-compro-a-river-el-pase-de-augusto-solari |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=El Tribuno |date=14 July 2017 |language=Spanish}} The following 6 May, on his return to Estudiantes, he was sent off after 39 minutes of a 2–1 win.{{cite news |title=Racing venció 2 a 1 a estudiantes [sic] en La Plata|trans-title=Racing beat Estudiantes 2-1 in La Plata |url=https://www.elterritorio.com.ar/noticias/2018/05/07/578763-racing-vencio-2-a-1-a-estudiantes-en-la-plata |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=El Territorio |date=7 May 2019 |language=Spanish}} He added another league title to his tally in 2018–19; he contributed a career-best five goals to their campaign.{{cite news |title=De Lisandro López a Augusto Solari, todos los goles del Racing campeón |trans-title=From Lisandro López to Augusto Solari, all of the goals by champions Racing|url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/racing-club/lisandro-lopez-augusto-solari-goles-racing-campeon_0_b298pRiJj.html |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=Clarín |date=1 April 2019 |language=Spanish}}
On 23 January 2021, Solari joined La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo on a 2{{frac|1|2}}-year deal. He was signed by his former Racing manager Eduardo Coudet, for a fee of €500,000.{{cite news |title=OFICIAL: Augusto Solari es nuevo jugador del Celta|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Augusto Solari is new Celta player|url=https://es.besoccer.com/noticia/oficial-augusto-solari-es-nuevo-jugador-del-celta-944410 |access-date=6 April 2021 |publisher=Be Soccer |date=23 January 2021 |language=Spanish}} He made his debut on 1 February in a goalless draw at Granada CF, replacing Nolito after an hour.{{cite news |last1=Conde |first1=Jaime |title=Un empate para el regreso de Aspas|trans-title=A draw on Aspas' return|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/celta-de-vigo/2021/02/01/empate-regreso-aspas-33250963.html |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=Faro de Vigo |date=1 February 2021 |language=Spanish}} His first goal concluded a 2–0 home win over Levante UD, nine minutes after coming on for fellow scorer Brais Méndez.{{cite news |title=Celta deals Levante a 4th consecutive loss in Spain |url=https://apnews.com/article/la-liga-europe-spain-soccer-sports-4016f4e4c0bcc5b4b3ec23ce6830baa1 |access-date=6 May 2022 |publisher=Associated Press |date=30 April 2021}}
Personal life
Solari comes from a footballing background — his grandfather is Jorge Solari and he is a cousin of brothers Santiago, Esteban and David.{{cite news |last1=Levinsky |first1=Sergio |title=El "Clan Solari", una de las familias más futboleras del mundo|trans-title=The 'Solari Clan', one of the most footballing families in the world |url=https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/2019/03/02/el-clan-solari-una-de-las-familias-mas-futboleras-del-mundo/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |publisher=Infobae |date=2 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 22 April 2023}}{{Worldfootball.net|augusto-solari}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|River Plate
| rowspan="4" |Argentine Primera División |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana|name=Sud}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Supercopa Argentina}} | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores|name=Lib}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2015
|15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 15 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Estudiantes (loan)
|2016 | rowspan="2" |Argentine Primera División |16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=Sud}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores Playoffs}} | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2016–17
|28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=Lib}} | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 33 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 6 | |
| rowspan="5"|Racing Club
| rowspan="3" |Argentine Primera División |18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=Sud}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19
|20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=Lib}} | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20
|4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=Sud}} | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa de la Superliga Argentina}} | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2020
|6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=Lib}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 11 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!48 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 10 | |
| rowspan="4"|Celta
|rowspan="3"|La Liga |16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22
|26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 12 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!183 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 234 | 20 |
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Honours
River Plate
- Copa Libertadores: 2015
- Copa Sudamericana: 2014
- Argentine Primera División: Final 2013–14, Superfinal 2013–14
- J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship: 2015
- Supercopa Euroamericana: 2015
- U-20 Copa Libertadores: 2012
Racing Club
- Argentine Primera División: 2018–19
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{soccerway}}
{{Rosario Central squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solari, Augusto}}
Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players
Category:Copa Sudamericana–winning players
Category:Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Category:Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Category:RC Celta de Vigo players
Category:Atlas F.C. footballers
Category:Rosario Central footballers
Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain