Martín Solar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solar and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.
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
 Arenteiro
Number 8
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)
2023–2024 Cultural Leonesa 35 (6)
2024– Arenteiro 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024

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

Club career

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

  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.