Luis Emilio Solignac (born 16 February 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Championship side San Antonio FC.
_(cropped).jpg) Solignac with Chicago Fire in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Emilio Solignac | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Antonio FC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Platense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Platense | 14 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | → Braga (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Banfield (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Djurgården (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 41 | (20) |
| 2015 | Nueva Chicago | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Colorado Rapids | 33 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Chicago Fire | 57 | (9) |
| 2020 | San Antonio FC | 16 | (8) |
| 2020 | San Luis | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | El Paso Locomotive | 80 | (35) |
| 2024– | San Antonio FC | 17 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editDuring the 2013 pre-season, he was signed on loan from Club Atlético Platense. Solignac made his Djurgårdens IF debut in Svenska Cupen on 3 March 2013, against Umeå FC.[1] He scored his only league goal for Djurgården when he equalized to 2–2 home against Malmö FF on 12 May 2013.[2]
IFK Mariehamn (loan)
editHe was loaned out to Finnish Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn during 2013–2014, making 41 league appearances for the club and scoring 20 goals in total.
Colorado Rapids
editSolignac signed for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (MLS) in May 2015.
Chicago Fire
editSolignac was traded to a fellow MLS franchise Chicago Fire on 3 August 2016, in exchange for allocation money.[3] He was immediately integrated into Chicago's starting lineup, playing his first full 90 minutes for the team just three days after his trade. He started in all but two of Chicago's remaining matches for the season.[4] He only failed to see minutes in Chicago's final game of the season, due to a red card suspension he had received in the prior match after a trip off the ball.[5]
In 2017, Solignac began the season with a career-high four goals and three assists through just the first 15 games, leading an MLSsoccer.com writer to credit him as a driving force behind Chicago's eight-game unbeaten streak.[6] Solignac would remain a regular starter for the rest of the season.[4]
Solignac started in the first two matches of Chicago's 2018 season, but suffered a quadriceps strain that forced him out of action for an estimated six to eight weeks.[7] He made his return as a late substitute in a 30 May match against Philadelphia Union. He returned to his starting role for a few matches, but never to play a full 90 minutes, and he began to spend more matches on the bench than in previous years with Chicago. Solignac saw his first full 90 minutes of play time since the injury on 4 August in an away match against Real Salt Lake.[4]
Solignac was released by Chicago at the end of their 2018 season.[8]
San Antonio FC
editOn 31 January 2020, San Antonio FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the 2020 USL Championship season.[9]
El Paso Locomotive FC
editOn 4 February 2021, El Paso Locomotive FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the 2021 USL Championship season.[10] On 26 May 2021, Solignac set an El Paso Locomotive club record for fastest goal, scoring just 18 seconds into the match against Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.[11] After a successful first season with the club, El Paso announced that they had re-signed Solignac for the 2022 season on 8 December 2021.[12] On 16 August 2022, Solignac was named USL Championship player of the week for week 23 of the 2022 season, after scoring two goals and an assist against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.[13]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Platense | 2008-09 | Primera B Nacional | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| 2011-12 | Primera B Metropolitana | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Djurgården (loan) | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 32 | 14 | 8[b] | 5 | — | 40 | 19 | |||
| Total | 41 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25 | ||
| Nueva Chicago | 2015 | Primera División | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |
| Colorado Rapids | 2015 | Major League Soccer | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| Total | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2016 | Major League Soccer | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | ||
| San Antonio FC | 2020 | USL Championship | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 8 | |
| San Luis | 2020 | Primera B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| El Paso Locomotive | 2021 | USL Championship | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 16 | |||
| 2023 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 9 | |||
| Total | 81 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 35 | ||
| Career total | 267 | 80 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 87 | ||
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Finnish Cup, Copa Argentina, U.S. Open Cup, Copa Chile.
- ^ Includes appearances in Finnish League Cup
References
edit- ^ "Ertons hattrick sänkte Umeå" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Sunnervik, Linus (13 May 2013). "Tio man - då tog sig Djurgården ur krisen". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (3 August 2016). "Colorado Rapids acquire Sebastien Le Toux, trade Luis Solignac to Chicago". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Luis Solignac". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Levitt, Mike (16 October 2016). "Chicago Fire 2, New England Revolution 1 | 2016 MLS Match Recap". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Sigal, Jonathan (17 June 2017). "Luis Solignac "on fire" for Chicago, who extend unbeaten streak to 8 games". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Quillen, Ian (31 March 2018). "Chicago Fire MF Luis Solignac out 6-8 weeks with a quadriceps strain". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Exercises Contract Options on Six Players". Chicago-Fire.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD LUIS SOLIGNAC". sanantoniofc.com. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Locomotive FC Boosts Attack with Luis Solignac". uslsoccer.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Luis Solignac Sets Club Record for Fastest Goal". eplocomotivefc.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Forwards Aaron Gomez and Luis Solignac Re-Sign with El Paso Locomotive for 2022 Season". eplocomotivefc.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 23". uslchampionship.com. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
edit- Luis Solignac at Major League Soccer
- IFK Mariehamn profile
- Luis Solignac at Elite Football (archive)
- Luis Solignac at Soccerway