Santiago Solari

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Santiago Solari
Full name	Santiago Hernán Solari
Date of birth	October 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) (age 31)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Number	21
Youth clubs
1994-94	Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2005 2005-	Newell's Old Boys Renato Cesarini River Plate Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Inter Milan	000 0(0) 00- 0(-) 075 (13) 046 0(7) 131 (10) 039 0(4)
National team²
2000-2004	Argentina	007 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Santiago Hernán Solari (born October 7, 1976 in Rosario) is a Argentine football player, who currently plays left midfielder for Inter Milan.

El Indiecito Solari played for Newell's Old Boys, local amateur Renato Cesarini and attended Richard Stockton College playing one season before moving to Buenos Aires' CA River Plate in 1996. After 3 seasons with River Plate he transferred to Spanish Atlético Madrid and, upon the club's relegation in 2000, Solari moved across the city to Real Madrid.

Although he struggled with form in the his first season with his club, he established himself in the 2001-02 season, playing an important role in Real's successful UEFA Champions League campaign. Yet he was relegated to primarily playing a substitute's role in 2002-03; he nevertheless helped Real win yet another Spanish League title. Even though he recovered his starting position with the club in the following season, Real's season was disappointing as they stumbled to a fourth place finish in Spain, and failed to win any domestic or international title. Real Madrid fans always supported Santiago Solari, even when he didn't have a big participation, perhaps because he used well the few minutes he got to play.

After the 2004-05 season, Inter Milan signed Solari for free on a 3-year contract, and he helped them win the 2006 Coppa Italia.

It has been rumored that Solari will move to Mexico for the Clausura 2008 as president Enrique Borja from UANL Tigres traveled to Milan to negotiate his pass as same as Adriano Leite. If this is accomplished, Santiago will be playing in the same league as his brother Esteban.

[edit] Family connections

Solari comes from a sporting family, his cousin Fernando Redondo played for Real Madrid, his uncle Jorge Solari played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the coach of CD Tenerife and his brother Esteban Solari has played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Europe and Mexico.