David Sebastián Solórzano Sánchez (born 8 November 1980) is a Nicaraguan

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who currently plays for Diriangén and plays for the

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. He is Nicaragua's all-time record cap holder.

Club career

He has played for and skippered several leading Nicaraguan clubs including hometown club Diriangén, Parmalat,

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and Masatepe. He started the 2007 season with second division

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Controversies

When with Parmalat in 2001, he was controversially banned for six months for allegedly attacking referee Fidel Bonilla in a game against Diriangén, despite Bonilla claiming it was only an accident. In 2004, Solórzano signed a contract with Diriangén while still tied to Estelí but then made a U-turn and declared himself committed to Estelí.

International career

Solórzano made his debut for

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in a March

1999 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup was a UNCAF Nations Cup held in San Jose, Costa Rica in March 1999. The host team won the tournament's final group. Costa Rica then qualified automatically, alongside second-placed Guatemala and third-placed Honduras ...

match against Guatemala and has, as of September 2014, earned a total of 49 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the

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, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United State ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first.''

References

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* 1980 births Living people People from Carazo Department Men's association football defenders Nicaraguan men's footballers Nicaragua men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Diriangén FC players Real Estelí FC players Managua FC players {{Nicaragua-footy-bio-stub