Martín Solar
Spanish footballer
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Martín Solar Ruiz (born 30 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primera Federación club Mérida.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martín Solar Ruiz | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Santander, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mérida | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Racing Santander | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Racing B | 26 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | Racing Santander | 16 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Granada B | 66 | (8) |
| 2022 | Granada | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Cultural Leonesa | 35 | (6) |
| 2024–2025 | Arenteiro | 36 | (2) |
| 2025– | Mérida | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 November 2025 | |||
Club career
Born in Santander, Cantabria, Solar was a Racing de Santander youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2019, starting in a 1–3 Tercera División away loss against AD Siete Villas.[1]
Solar scored his first senior goal on 26 October 2019, netting the fourth in a 4–0 away routing of UM Escobedo.[2] The following 8 March, he scored a brace in a 7–0 home thrashing of Selaya FC.[3]
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 in the Segunda División.[4] On 21 September, he was definitely promoted to the main squad, now in the Segunda División B.[5]
On 3 August 2021, Solar signed a two-year contract with Granada CF, being assigned to the B-team of the Segunda División RFEF.[6] On 7 July 2023, he moved to Primera Federación side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[7]