 He started working as a manager in 2005, also being in charge of the national team late into the decade.Born in Lima, Del Solar developed at the youth system of Universitario de Deportes, but played his first professional match with Asociación Deportiva San Agustín after he was loaned by Universitario to continue his development as a player.He won his first Peruvian Primera División championship with San Agustín, defeating Alianza Lima in December 1986.