_(cropped).jpg) Solignac withChicago Fire in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Emilio Solignac | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Antonio FC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Platense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Platense | 14 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | →Braga (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | →Banfield (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Djurgården (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | →IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 41 | (20) |
| 2015 | Nueva Chicago | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Colorado Rapids | 33 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Chicago Fire | 57 | (9) |
| 2020 | San Antonio FC | 16 | (8) |
| 2020 | San Luis | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | El Paso Locomotive | 80 | (35) |
| 2024– | San Antonio FC | 17 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Luis Emilio Solignac (born 16 February 1991) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forUSL Championship sideSan Antonio FC.
During the 2013 pre-season, he was signed on loan fromClub Atlético Platense. Solignac made hisDjurgårdens IF debut inSvenska Cupen on 3 March 2013, againstUmeå FC.[1] He scored his only league goal for Djurgården when he equalized to 2–2 home againstMalmö FF on 12 May 2013.[2]
He was loaned out to FinnishVeikkausliiga clubIFK Mariehamn during 2013–2014, making 41 league appearances for the club and scoring 20 goals in total.
Solignac signed for the Colorado Rapids ofMajor League Soccer (MLS) in May 2015.
Solignac was traded to a fellow MLS franchiseChicago Fire on 3 August 2016, in exchange for allocation money.[3] He was immediately integrated into Chicago's starting lineup, playing his first full 90 minutes for the team just three days after his trade. He started in all but two of Chicago's remaining matches for the season.[4] He only failed to see minutes in Chicago's final game of the season, due to a red card suspension he had received in the prior match after a trip off the ball.[5]
In 2017, Solignac began the season with a career-high four goals and three assists through just the first 15 games, leading an MLSsoccer.com writer to credit him as a driving force behind Chicago's eight-game unbeaten streak.[6] Solignac would remain a regular starter for the rest of the season.[4]
Solignac started in the first two matches of Chicago's 2018 season, but suffered a quadriceps strain that forced him out of action for an estimated six to eight weeks.[7] He made his return as a late substitute in a 30 May match againstPhiladelphia Union. He returned to his starting role for a few matches, but never to play a full 90 minutes, and he began to spend more matches on the bench than in previous years with Chicago. Solignac saw his first full 90 minutes of play time since the injury on 4 August in an away match againstReal Salt Lake.[4]
Solignac was released by Chicago at the end of their 2018 season.[8]
On 31 January 2020, San Antonio FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the2020 USL Championship season.[9]
On 4 February 2021, El Paso Locomotive FC announced that they had signed Solignac for the2021 USL Championship season.[10] On 26 May 2021, Solignac set an El Paso Locomotive club record for fastest goal, scoring just 18 seconds into the match againstRio Grande Valley FC Toros.[11] After a successful first season with the club, El Paso announced that they had re-signed Solignac for the2022 season on 8 December 2021.[12] On 16 August 2022, Solignac was named USL Championship player of the week for week 23 of the 2022 season, after scoring two goals and an assist againstColorado Springs Switchbacks FC.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic cups[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Platense | 2008-09 | Primera B Nacional | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | Primera B Metropolitana | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Djurgården (loan) | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 6 | |
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | — | 40 | 19 | ||
| Total | 41 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25 | ||
| Nueva Chicago | 2015 | Primera División | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |
| Colorado Rapids | 2015 | MLS | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2016 | MLS | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
| Total | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2016 | MLS | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| 2017 | MLS | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 8 | ||
| 2018 | MLS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | ||
| San Antonio FC | 2020 | USL Championship | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 8 | |
| San Luis | 2020 | Primera B de Chile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| El Paso Locomotive | 2021 | USL Championship | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 10 | |
| 2022 | USL Championship | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 16 | ||
| 2023 | USL Championship | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 9 | ||
| Total | 81 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 35 | ||
| San Antonio | 2024 | USL Championship | 17 | 6 | — | — | 17 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 286 | 88 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 95 | ||