Luis Emilio Solignac (born 16 February 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Championship side San Antonio FC.

Luis Solignac
Solignac with Chicago Fire in 2017
Personal information
Full name Luis Emilio Solignac
Date of birth (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
San Antonio FC
Youth career
Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Platense 14 (4)
2009–2011Braga (loan) 0 (0)
2012Banfield (loan) 0 (0)
2013Djurgården (loan) 14 (1)
2013–2014IFK 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 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Career edit

During 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) edit

He 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 edit

Solignac signed for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (MLS) in May 2015.

Chicago Fire edit

Solignac 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 8-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 6–8 weeks.[7] He made his return as a late substitute in a May 30 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 August 4 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 edit

On January 31, 2020, San Antonio FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the 2020 USL Championship season.[9]

El Paso Locomotive FC edit

On February 4, 2021, El Paso Locomotive FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the 2021 USL Championship season.[10] On May 26, 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 December 8, 2021.[12] On August 16, 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 performance League Cup Continental Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup South America Total
Platense 2008-09 Primera B Nacional 12 2 0 0 12 2
2011-12 Primera B Metropolitana
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
Djurgårdens IF 2013 Allsvenskan 14 1 5 1 19 2
Finland League Finnish Cup Europe Total
IFK Mariehamn 2013 Veikkausliiga 9 6 1 0 10 6
2014 32 14 8[a] 5 39 19
Argentina League Copa Argentina CONMEBOL Total
Nueva Chicago 2015 Primera División 10 2 0 0 10 2
United States of America League U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
Colorado Rapids 2015 Major League Soccer 15 0 1 0 16 0
2016 18 3 2 0 20 3
Chicago Fire 13 2 0 0 13 2
2017 34 7 2 1 26 8
2018 11 0 2 0 13 0
San Antonio FC 2020 USL Championship 16 8 0 0 16 8
Chile League Copa Chile CONMEBOL Total
San Luis 2020 Primera B 2 0 0 0 2 0
United States of America League U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
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 267 80 22 7 0 0 280 87
  1. ^ Includes appearances in Finnish League Cup

References edit

  1. ^ "Ertons hattrick sänkte Umeå" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ Sunnervik, Linus (13 May 2013). "Tio man - då tog sig Djurgården ur krisen". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (August 3, 2016). "Colorado Rapids acquire Sebastien Le Toux, trade Luis Solignac to Chicago". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Luis Solignac". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Levitt, Mike (October 16, 2016). "Chicago Fire 2, New England Revolution 1 | 2016 MLS Match Recap". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Sigal, Jonathan (June 17, 2017). "Luis Solignac "on fire" for Chicago, who extend unbeaten streak to 8 games". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Quillen, Ian (March 31, 2018). "Chicago Fire MF Luis Solignac out 6-8 weeks with a quadriceps strain". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Exercises Contract Options on Six Players". Chicago-Fire.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  9. ^ "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD LUIS SOLIGNAC". sanantoniofc.com. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Locomotive FC Boosts Attack with Luis Solignac". uslsoccer.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Luis Solignac Sets Club Record for Fastest Goal". eplocomotivefc.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Forwards Aaron Gomez and Luis Solignac Re-Sign with El Paso Locomotive for 2022 Season". eplocomotivefc.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  13. ^ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 23". uslchampionship.com. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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