In April 2012, the club confirmed Solano had been advised not to play for the remainder of the season because of recurring illness. In February 2012, he became first-team coach at Northern League side Newcastle Benfield while remaining a member of Hartlepool's playing squad. International career Solano made his full international debut for Peru at the age of 18, and went on to be capped 95 times, scoring 20 goals. He has been a key member of the squad since the mid-1990s but, in June 2005, Solano decided to quit the Peru national football team due to disagreements with the coach, Freddy Ternero. In 2006, he returned to the national team setup under new coach Franco Navarro. Despite his return to the national team, Solano was not selected for Peru's Copa America 2007 squad. He continued to represent the national team thereafter, but with his country having no chance at all of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he announced his decision to retire from international football after World Cup Qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia. Solano has also stated his desire to try and guide his country to the World Cup as a coach in the near future to try to make up for never making it as a player. Managerial career Solano took the first step into coaching as the part-time first-team coach of Newcastle Benfield in 2012. In June 2012, he was confirmed as manager of Peruvian Primera División club Universitario de Deportes. On 12 December, Universitario confirmed that Solano had left the club, despite the fact he guided the club into the top half of the table after being in the relegation zone when he first took charge. In 2014, he became the head coach of Canadian club Internacional de Toronto in League1 Ontario. However, on 22 July, the club had its licensing agreement terminated due to issues regarding the payment of player salaries, ending his tenure. , Solano is a technical assistant to Ricardo Gareca with the Peru national team, and taking charge as coach of the U-23 team. Personal life Career statistics Club Managerial statistics Honours Club Sporting Cristal Peruvian First Division: 1994, 1995, 1996 Copa Libertadores Runner-up: 1997 Newcastle United UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian First Division: 2009 International Peru Kirin Cup: 1999, 2005 Individual Peruvian Player of the Year: 1992 America's Ideal Team of the Year: 1997 South American