Nelson Abelardo Solórzano Aponte (born 30 May 1959 in

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) is a

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n former

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player and current

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National team career

Solórzano competed as a player in the

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with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team.

Coaching career

Solórzano has worked as an assistant coach with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. He was an assistant coach with Venezuela at the

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. He was hired as head coach of the

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of the Venezuelan

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in 2019. He had previously coached Toros de Aragua,

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and

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References

1959 births Living people Venezuelan basketball coaches Venezuelan men's basketball players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for Venezuela Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Caracas 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen {{Venezuela-basketball-bio-stub