Santiago Solari

Santiago Solari
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Personal information
Santiago Solari
Full name	Santiago Hernán Solari
Date of birth	October 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) (age 32)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club	San Lorenzo
Number	6
Youth clubs
1994 1994-1995 1995-1996	Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Newell's Old Boys Renato Cesarini
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2005 2005-2008 2008-	River Plate Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Internazionale San Lorenzo	075 (13) 054 0(7) 180 (20) 071 0(7) 002 0(1)
National team²
2000-2004	Argentina	007 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Santiago Hernán Solari (born October 7, 1976 in Rosario) is a Argentine football player, who is currently playing for San Lorenzo. He is well known for his flair and vision.

El Indiecito Solari played for Newell's Old Boys, local amateur Renato Cesarini and attended Richard Stockton College^{citation needed} playing one season before moving to Buenos Aires' CA River Plate in 1996. After 3 seasons with River Plate he transferred to Spanish Atlético Madrid and, upon the club's relegation in 2000, Solari moved across the city to Real Madrid.

Although he struggled with form in the his first season with his club, he established himself in the 2001-02 season, playing an important role in Real's successful UEFA Champions League campaign. Yet he was relegated to primarily playing a substitute's role in 2002-03; he nevertheless helped Real win yet another Spanish League title. Even though he recovered his starting position with the club in the following season, Real's season was disappointing as they stumbled to a fourth place finish in Spain, and failed to win any domestic or international title.

After the 2004-05 season, Inter Milan signed Solari for free on a 3-year contract, and he helped them win the 2006 Coppa Italia and three Serie A in a row. Solari's contract with Internazionale expired on June 30th 2008; in the following summer he signed a one-year contract with argentinian San Lorenzo de Almagro.

1 Family connections
2 Career statistics
3 Honours
4 External links

Family connections

Solari comes from a sporting family, his cousin Fernando Redondo played for Real Madrid, his uncle Jorge Solari played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the coach of CD Tenerife and his brother Esteban Solari currently plays for Almeria in La Liga and has also played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Europe and Mexico.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argentina			League		Cup		South America		Total
1996-97	River Plate	Primera División	24	2	-		-		24	2
1997-98			27	6	-		-		27	6
1998-99			16	5	-		-		16	5
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
1998-99	Atlético Madrid	La Liga	12	1	-		1	0	13	1
1999-00	Atlético Madrid	La Liga	34	6	-		7	0	41	6
2000-01	Real Madrid	La Liga	14	4	-		10	1	24	5
2001-02			28	1	-		14	4	42	5
2002-03			28	0	-		11	0	39	0
2003-04			34	5	-		9	2	43	7
2004-05			27	3	-		5	0	32	3
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
2005-06	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	13	3	7	2	6	0	26	5
2006-07			21	1	5	0	4	0	30	1
2007-08			5	0	5	1	5	0	15	1
Total	Argentina		67	13	-		-		67	13
	Spain		177	20	-		57	7	234	27
	Italy		39	4	17	3	15	0	71	7
Career Total			283	37	17	3	72	7	372	47