title: Gerardo Solano
text: # Gerardo Solano
  
  Luis Gerardo Solano Chavarría (24 december 1953, in San José – 12 January 2000) was a Costa Rican professional footballer who played most of his career for Deportivo Saprissa and Herediano in the 1970s.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Solano was a member of the Saprissa squad that won six consecutive championships from 1972 to 1977, a record both in Costa Rica as well as in the Americas. He was the team's goalscorer with 57 in this period. He was the club's joint-leading scorer with eleven goals in 1973 and he played the most games for Saprissa in the 1970s. He played in 79 international club games.
  
  Solano also won three titles with Herediano.
  
  ## International career
  
  Solano appeared in 9 matches for the full Costa Rica national football team from 1975 to 1980.
  
  ## Death
  
  Solano died of a heart attack while running in the city centre of Santa Cruz on 12 January 2000.
  
  