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Jorge Alberto Solís
Jorge Alberto Solís López (1 January 1935 — 31 May 1997) was a Honduran association football, football Defender (association football), defender. Club career Nicknamed ''Furia'', (Spanish for "Fury") Solís played for Honduran giants C.D. Olimpia, Olimpia in the Liga Nacional de Honduras, Honduran National League during the 1950s and 1960s. He played in the 1961 Championship of Central America and the Caribbean. He was also part of Platense F.C., Platense's squad when they became the first Honduran League champions in 1966. International career The left-sided Solís had represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches Retirement and death After his football career, Solís was manager of the National Commission for Sports Facilities and Improvement. He died, aged 62, of cardiac arrest in 1997. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |