Nelson Solórzano Explained

Nelson Solórzano
Position:Head coach
League:LPB
Team:Bucaneros de La Guaira
Nationality:Venezuelan
Career Start:?
Career End:?
Years1:1980-1981
Team1:Cocodrilos de Caracas
Coach Start:2002
Cyears1:2019-2021
Cyears2:2021-present

Nelson Abelardo Solórzano Aponte (born 30 May 1959 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan former basketball player and current basketball coach.

National team career

Solórzano competed as a player in the 1992 Summer Olympics with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team.[1]

Coaching career

Solórzano has worked as an assistant coach with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. He was an assistant coach with Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He was hired as head coach of the Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in 2019. He had previously coached Toros de Aragua, Marinos de Anzoátegui, Panteras de Miranda and Gigantes de Guayana.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/nelson-solorzano-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/nelson-solorzano-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 May 2012.
  2. News: COCODRILOS ANUNCIA A NELSON "KAKO" SOLORZANO COMO SU NUEVO ENTRENADOR. Cancha Latina. 29 April 2019. 7 May 2020. Spanish.