Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward and works as a coach.

Career

Born in Villeta, Solalinde began playing football for local side Olimpia de Villeta. He also played for

Club Libertad Club Libertad is a Paraguayan professional football club based in Asunción that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people. Founded in 1905, Liber ...

and Club River Plate, but enjoyed his greatest success with

Club Olimpia Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Fou ...

where he became a key player by winning several national and international titles such as the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

and Intercontinental Cup in 1979. Solalinde also played for the

Paraguay national football team The Paraguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albirroja,'' represents Paraguay in men's international Association football, football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fút ...

from 1975 to 1981, where he obtained 32 caps and 4 goals. His most important achievement while playing for Paraguay is winning the 1979

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

. After retiring from professional football, Solalinde became a coach and has managed a large number of Paraguayan teams such as Olimpia, Club 12 de Octubre, Club 2 de Mayo, Club Atletico 3 de Febrero and Sportivo Luqueño. He managed

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

side Independiente F.B.C. in 2012.

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* 1952 births Living people People from Villeta Footballers from Central Department Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers 1975 Copa América players 1979 Copa América players Copa América–winning players Copa Libertadores–winning players Club River Plate (Asunción) footballers Club Olimpia footballers Club Libertad footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Men's association football fullbacks Paraguayan football managers Paraguayan expatriate football managers Paraguay national football team managers 1993 Copa América managers Deportes Puerto Montt managers Club Olimpia managers 12 de Octubre Football Club managers Club Sol de América managers Sportivo Trinidense managers Independiente F.B.C. managers Sportivo Luqueño managers Deportivo Santaní managers Paraguayan Primera División managers Chilean Primera División managers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate football managers in Chile {{Paraguay-footy-defender-stub