Joel Solanilla

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Joel Solanilla
Personal information
Full name Joel Isaac Solanilla Valdespino
Date of birth (1983-12-24) 24 December 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Pan de Azúcar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 Talleres Córdoba
2002–2003 Plaza Amador
2003 Patriotas
2004–2005 Plaza Amador
2005–2006 Árabe Unido
2006 Envigado 19 (0)
2007 Plaza Amador
2007 San Francisco 4 (0)
2007–2008 FAS
2009–2011 Sporting San Miguelito 32 (1)
2012 → Deportivo Malacateco (loan) 15 (0)
2012–2013 Millenium UP
2014–2015 Costa del Este
International career‡
2003–2009 Panama 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2006
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2015

Joel Isaac Solanilla Valdespino (born 24 December 1983 in Panama, Panama) is a Panamanian football defender who most recently played for Panamanian second division team Costa del Este.

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Playing career

Club

Solanilla started his career with Argentinian side Talleres de Córdoba, but has spent most of his playing career in Panama, joining Plaza Amador in January 2004. [1] He made a move to Colombian first division side Envigado in 2006, [2] only to leave them in August 2006 claiming the club owed him salary. [3]

In August 2007, Solanilla moved abroad again to play for Salvadoran side FAS from San Francisco, [4] whom he had only joined a month earlier. [5]

He joined Guatemalan club Deportivo Malacateco in December 2011 on loan from Sporting San Miguelito, [6] only to be released by the club in March 2012 after playing only 5 matches. [7]

He went on to play in the Panamanian second division and joined Costa del Este ahead of the 2014 Clausura. [8]

International

Solanilla played at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates. [9]

He made his senior debut for Panama in a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [9] and was a member of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup team, who finished second in the tournament [10] and he also played at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [11]

His final international was a July 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Nicaragua.

Personal life

His parents are Isaac Solanilla and Yadira Valdespino. His older brother Osvaldo [12] won 10 caps for Panama in 1996 and 1997.

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References

  1. ↑ Defensor Joel Solanilla jugará en el Plaza Amador - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Sintonizado con el Naranja" (in Spanish). Elmundo.com. 12 February 2006.
  3. ↑ Joel Solanilla se desvinculó del Envigado - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El FAS de El Salvador contrata al jugador panameño Joel Solanilla - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Joel Solanilla y Julio al San Francisco - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Joel Solanilla reforzará al Deportivo Malacateco - PanamaFutbol(in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Panameño Solanilla queda fuera del Malacateco - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Fichajes que aportan experiencia al club - Crítica (in Spanish)
  9. 1 2 Joel Solanilla – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  12. ↑ Hermanos Solanilla en el Plaza - Crítica (in Spanish)
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