Álvaro Enrique Solano Artavia (born 25 June 1961) is a retired Costa Rican football player, who used to play as a midfielder.
Club career Solano made his professional debut for Alajuelense on 2 July 1978 against Limonense and went on to play 396 games for them, ranking him 4th on the club's all-time appearances list. He scored his first goal on 18 March 1979 against Barrio México.Trayectoria de Álvaro Solano - Nación He later played for Carmelita.
International career He made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 1983 friendly match against Mexico and earned a total of 14 caps (excluding 12 unofficial matches), scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and he played at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
His final international was a February 1990 FIFA World Cup warm-up match against the Soviet Union.
Managerial career After retiring as a player, he became manager of his beloved Liga in 1999Tentado a seguir - Nación and also was in charge at Carmelita,Álvaro Solano llegó a Carmelita - Nación Santa BárbaraSolano a Santa Bárbara - Nación and Municipal Puntarenas.Raíces de arena - Nación He returned as caretaker at the helm of Alajuelense in January 2007, replacing Colombian José Cheché Hernández.Álvaro Solano ya está con el timón liguista - Nación
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