Jorge Alberto Solís

Julio Alberto Solís
Personal information
Full name Jorge Alberto Solís López
Date of birth (1935-01-01)1 January 1935
Place of birth Honduras
Date of death 31 May 1997(1997-05-31) (aged 62)
Place of death Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Position(s) Leftback
Youth career
Argentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1955 Federal
1955–1965 Olimpia
1965–1966 Platense
1969–1972 Motagua
International career
1960–1965 Honduras
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solís and the second or maternal family name is López.

Jorge Alberto Solís López (1 January 1935 — 31 May 1997) was a Honduran football defender.

Club career

Nicknamed Furia,[1] (Spanish for "Fury") Solís played for Honduran giants Olimpia in the Honduran National League during the 1950s and 1960s. He played in the 1961 Championship of Central America and the Caribbean.[2] He was also part of Platense's squad when they became the first Honduran League champions in 1966.[3]

International career

The left-sided Solís had represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4]

Retirement and death

After his football career, Solís was manager of the National Commission for Sports Facilities and Improvement. He died, aged 62, of cardiac arrest in 1997.[5]

References

  1. ^ Historia Eliminatoria Chile 1962 Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine - Honduras Fútbol
  2. ^ Buzón de Rodrigo - Nacion (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Jorge Alberto Solís – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ Murió "Furia" Solís, exdefensa del Olimpia - Nacion (in Spanish)


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