Álvaro Enrique Solano Artavia (born 25 June 1961) is a retired

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player, who used to play as a midfielder.

Club career

Solano made his professional debut for

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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
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International career

He made his debut for

in a March 1983

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against

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and earned a total of 14 caps (excluding 12 unofficial matches), scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 8

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matches and he played at the

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. His final international was a February

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warm-up match against the

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Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he became manager of his beloved ''Liga'' in 1999 and also was in charge at Carmelita, Santa Bárbara and Municipal Puntarenas. 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
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1961 births Living people Footballers from Alajuela Men's association football midfielders Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Costa Rica Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers A.D. Carmelita footballers Costa Rican football managers Liga Deportiva Alajuelense managers Liga FPD players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub