Carlos Solano

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| name = Carlos Solano

| fullname = Carlos Solano Fernández

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| birth_place = Turrialba, Costa Rica

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| position = Striker

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| years1 = 1968–1969

| years2 = 1970–

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| years4 = 1980

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| years7 = 1986–1987

| years8 = 1987

| clubs1 = Turrialba

| clubs2 = Saprissa

| clubs3 = Cartaginés

| clubs4 = Real España

| clubs5 = Olimpia

| clubs6 = Suchitepéquez

| clubs7 = Ramonense

| clubs8 = Sagrada Familia

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| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

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| pcupdate = 20 June 2006

| ntupdate = 20 June 2006

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Carlos Solano Fernández (born 1950 or 1951) is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1970s. He played most of his career for Deportivo Saprissa.

Club career

Solano helped Saprissa win several national titles during the 1970s, becoming one of the best goal scorers of the mythical Saprissa team that won six national championships in a row from 1972 to 1977, and was the top scorer in the 1976 national tournament,[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2004/enero/04/deportes9.html Goleo tico desde 1949] - Nación {{in lang|es}} scoring a total of 49 goals during those six seasons.{{cite web |publisher=La Nacion |title=Datos de los hexacampeones |url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/enero/20/deportes1391241.html |language=Spanish |date=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123104535/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/enero/20/deportes1391241.html |archivedate=2008-01-23 }} He is one of few players who scored 5 goals in one Costa Rica Primera División match.

He also played abroad in Honduras, winning another league title, and Guatemala before returning home to finish his career as player/manager of Sagrada Familia.

International career

He played with the Costa Rica national football team during the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.{{FIFA player|58222}} He also represented Costa Rica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panam75det.html Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details]

Retirement

After retiring, Solano ran a sports shop in Siquirres.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2003/octubre/06/deportes21.html El gol tiene sello de la campiña Figuras del ayer: Carlos Solano Fernández (Short bio)] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He appeared in the 2017 film La paisana Jacinta en búsqueda de Wasaberto.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}