José del Solar

José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón (born 28 November 1967) is a Peruvian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the manager of Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Del Solar and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez-Calderón.

José del Solar
Personal information
Full name José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón
Date of birth (1967-11-28) 28 November 1967
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Universidad César Vallejo (coach)
Youth career
Universitario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Universitario 56 (4)
1986–1987 → San Agustín (loan) 61 (6)
1990–1992 Universidad Católica 91 (2)
1992–1995 Tenerife 72 (3)
1995–1996 Salamanca 36 (6)
1996–1997 Celta 29 (1)
1997–1998 Valencia 12 (0)
1998–1999 Beşiktaş 27 (1)
1999–2000 Universitario 35 (8)
2000–2001 Mechelen 17 (1)
2001–2002 Universitario 37 (10)
Total 473 (42)
National team
1986–2001 Peru 74 (9)
Teams managed
2003 Villarreal B
2004 Villarreal B
2005 Colón
2005–2006 Sporting Cristal
2007 Universidad Católica
2007–2009 Peru
2010–2011 Universitario
2014 Universitario
2016 Universidad San Martín
2017 Sporting Cristal
2018– Universidad César Vallejo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his playing career, spent in four countries – mainly in Spain, where he amassed La Liga totals of 149 matches and ten goals during six seasons – he was nicknamed Chemo. He started and finished it at Universitario.[1]

Del Solar as a Peruvian international for 15 years. He started working as a manager in 2005, also being in charge of the national team late into the decade.

Playing career

Club

Born in Lima, Del Solar developed at the youth system of Universitario de Deportes, but played his first professional match with Asociación Deportiva San Agustín after he was loaned by Universitario to continue his development as a player. He won his first Peruvian Primera División championship with San Agustín, defeating Alianza Lima in December 1986.

Del Solar's last official appearance was a 0–0 draw against traditional rivals Alianza Lima for the Apertura on 7 July 2002, playing for his first club which won 1–0 in the first game, with 0–0 in Trujillo.

Del Solar competed in Spain from 1992 to 1998, always in La Liga. He started at CD Tenerife – where he partnered Argentine Fernando Redondo in central midfield, and also his compatriot Percy Olivares – helping the Canary Islands side rob Real Madrid of the league title in the last round in his first season, playing in 30 matches and scoring once (the team also qualified for the first time ever to the UEFA Cup); this dramatic league scenario also happened in the following year, but his presence was much more testimonial.[2][1]

In 1996, after suffering relegation with UD Salamanca, del Solar was a starter at RC Celta de Vigo but appeared rarely for Valencia CF, after which he left the country, resuming his career in Turkey and Belgium (one season apiece, interspersed with spells in his country) and finally retiring at his very first club at the age of 34.[3][1]

International

Del Solar earned 74 caps for Peru, in which he scored nine goals. He made his debut on 28 January 1986 against China (1–3), playing his last international match on 8 November 2001 against Argentina (0–2), 20 days before his 34th birthday.[4]

Del Solar was selected to six Copa América tournaments, netting three times in four matches – twice through penalties – as the national team reached the quarter-finals in the 1993 edition, in Ecuador.[5]

Coaching career

Del Solar began working as a coach with Villarreal CF's reserves in Tercera División, in 2003,[6] but left in December to acquire his coaching license. He returned to the side in June 2004, but resigned on 4 October.[7]

In 2005, del Solar worked at Club Atlético Colón, aided by former Tenerife teammate Juan Antonio Pizzi as the pair was sacked after only three matches and as many losses.[8] He was named manager of Sporting Cristal afterwards, leading the team to the domestic league in 2005.[9]

In 2007, del Solar was appointed at former club Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, finishing second behind Colo-Colo in Apertura 2007.[10] On 3 August of that year, he replaced Julio César Uribe as manager of the national side;[11] he went on to be part of the disastrous 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, as they only won three times and ranked last.[12][13]

Honours

Player

San Agustín

Universitario

Universidad Católica

Manager

Sporting Cristal

Managerial statistics
As of 13 August 2012[14]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Sporting Cristal January 2005 July 2006 8743251949.43
Universidad Católica January 2007 July 2007 20144270
Peru July 2007 December 2009 23551321.74
Universitario August 2010 May 2012 5319221235.85
Total 18381564644.26

References
  1. ¿Quién fue Chemo del Solar? (Who was Chemo del Solar?); Diario AS, 22 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  2. Se cumplen 26 años del debut de Valdano en el banquillo insular (26 years of Valdano debut on islanders' bench); Diario AS, 19 April 2018 (in Spanish)
  3. Chemo del Solar; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 2 April 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. José Del Solar – International Appearances; at RSSSF
  5. Copa América 1993 Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
  6. "Debut de Chemo del Solar y Álvaro Cervera" [Debut of Chemo del Solar and Álvaro Cervera] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. "Chemo del Solar dimite como técnico del Villareal B" [Chemo del Solar quits as manager of Villarreal B] (in Spanish). Perú 21. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. Colón de Santa Fe despidió a la dupla Pizzi-Del Solar (Colón de Santa Fe fired duo Pizzi-Del Solar); Infobae, 28 February 2005 (in Spanish)
  9. Sporting Cristal es el campeón del fútbol peruano (Sporting Cristal are Peruvian football champions); El Mercurio, 22 December 2005 (in Spanish)
  10. Chemo del Solar recordó cuando fue discriminado en Chile (Chemo del Solar remembered when he was discriminated in Chile); El Comercio, 13 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. José "Chemo" del Solar confirma que se hará cargo de la selección peruana (José "Chemo" del Solar confirms he will take the reins of Peruvian national team); Marca, 25 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  12. "Chemo" del Solar: Me 'quemé' con la selección ("Chemo" del Solar: I 'got burned' with the national team); Líbero, 22 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  13. ¿Quién ha ganado y jugado más partidos con la Selección Peruana en Eliminatorias? (Who has won and played more matches with the Peruvian national team in qualifiers?); Depor.com, 15 March 2017 (in Spanish)
  14. José del Solar coach profile at Soccerway
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