Joel_Solanilla
Joel Solanilla
Panamanian football defender (born 1980)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Isaac Solanilla Valdespino | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-12-24) 24 December 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pan de Azúcar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2015 | |||
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.
His parents are Isaac Solanilla and Yadira Valdespino. His older brother Osvaldo[12] won 10 caps for Panama in 1996 and 1997.
- Defensor Joel Solanilla jugará en el Plaza Amador - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- "Sintonizado con el Naranja" (in Spanish). Elmundo.com. 12 February 2006.
- Joel Solanilla se desvinculó del Envigado - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- El FAS de El Salvador contrata al jugador panameño Joel Solanilla - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Joel Solanilla y Julio al San Francisco - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- Joel Solanilla reforzará al Deportivo Malacateco - PanamaFutbol(in Spanish)
- Panameño Solanilla queda fuera del Malacateco - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Fichajes que aportan experiencia al club - Crítica (in Spanish)
- Joel Solanilla – FIFA competition record (archived)
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- Hermanos Solanilla en el Plaza - Crítica (in Spanish)
- Joel Solanilla at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - CD FAS