
With seconds left at Elland Road on 22 December 2001 he slid in the winner that finished a 4-3 comeback at Leeds, Newcastle having trailed 3-1 and going top of the league that night. He won three straight Peruvian titles with Sporting Cristal from 1994 and reached the 1997 Copa Libertadores final, then became the first Peruvian in the Premier League, an FA Cup finalist in 1999 and an Intertoto Cup winner in 2006, with 95 caps for Peru. Career record: 95 caps and 20 goals for Peru; club career at Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Club Universitario de Deportes.
| 1993–1993 | Club Sporting Cristal |
| 1993–1994 | Club Deportivo Municipal |
| 1994–1997 | Club Sporting Cristal |
| 1997–1998 | Boca Juniors |
| 1998–2004 | Newcastle United |
| 2004–2005 | Aston Villa |
| 2005–2007 | Newcastle United |
| 2007–2008 | West Ham United |
| 2008–2008 | Athlitiki Enosi Larissa |
| 2009–2009 | Club Universitario de Deportes |
| 2010–2011 | Hull City A.F.C. |
| 2010–2010 | Leicester City |
| Peru | 95 caps, 20 goals |
Peru legends whose careers overlapped Solano's
One rank above: Juan Joya at #13.
One rank below: Víctor Benítez at #15.
Peru's editorial top five: Teófilo Cubillas · Héctor Chumpitaz · César Cueto · Hugo Sotil · Teodoro Fernández.