Martín Solar Ruiz (born 30 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Martín Solar
Personal information
Full name Martín Solar Ruiz
Date of birth (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cultural Leonesa
Number 18
Youth career
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Racing B 26 (6)
2020–2021 Racing Santander 16 (2)
2021–2023 Granada B 66 (8)
2022 Granada 0 (0)
2023– Cultural Leonesa 28 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024

Club career edit

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Solar was a Racing de Santander youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2019, starting in a 1–3 Tercera División away loss against AD Siete Villas.[1]

Solar scored his first senior goal on 26 October 2019, netting the fourth in a 4–0 away routing of UM Escobedo.[2] The following 8 March, he scored a brace in a 7–0 home thrashing of Selaya FC.[3]

Solar made his first team debut on 7 July 2020, coming on as a half-time substitute for Mario Ortiz in a 0–1 loss at CF Fuenlabrada in the Segunda División.[4] On 21 September, he was definitely promoted to the main squad, now in the Segunda División B.[5]

On 3 August 2021, Solar signed a two-year contract with Granada CF, being assigned to the B-team of the Segunda División RFEF.[6] On 7 July 2023, he moved to Primera Federación side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "El Rayo Cantabria termina derrotado en su estreno en Tercera División ante el Siete Villas" [Rayo Cantabria end up losing in their debut in Tercera División against Siete Villas] (in Spanish). El Diario Cantabria. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ "El Rayo Cantabria se reencuentra con la victoria en Escobedo (0–4)" [Rayo Cantabria get back to winning ways in Escobedo (0–4)] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ "El Rayo Cantabria protagoniza un festival de goles en Villaescusa (7–0)" [Rayo Cantabria star a goal festival in Villaescusa (7–0)] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ "El Fuenla se suma a la lucha por el 'playoff'" [Fuenla join the fight for the 'playoff'] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Marco Camus, Martín Solar, Íñigo Sainz-Maza, Álvaro Mantilla, Diego Ceballos y Pablo Torre promocionan al primer equipo" [Marco Camus, Martín Solar, Íñigo Sainz-Maza, Álvaro Mantilla, Diego Ceballos and Pablo Torre promote to the first team] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ "El Recre Granada incorpora al mediocentro Martín Solar" [Recre Granada sign the central midfielder Martín Solar] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. ^ "La Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa suma a Martín Solar" [Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa sign Martín Solar] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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