Martín Solar Ruiz (born 30 January 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

Club career

Born in Santander,

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, Solar was a

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2019, starting in a 1–3

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

away loss against AD Siete Villas. Solar scored his first senior goal on 26 October 2019, netting the fourth in a 4–0 away routing of

UM Escobedo Unión Montañesa Escobedo is a Spanish football team based in Escobedo, Camargo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1964 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home matches at '' Estadio Eusebio Arce''. Hist ...

. The following 8 March, he scored a brace in a 7–0 home thrashing of Selaya FC. 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 Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

in the Segunda División. On 21 September, he was definitely promoted to the main squad, now in the

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. On 3 August 2021, Solar signed a two-year contract with

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021 ...

, being assigned to the B-team of the Segunda División RFEF. On 7 July 2023, he moved to

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solar, Martin 2000 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santander, Spain Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Club Recreativo Granada players Granada CF footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players