Fran Sol

Francisco 'Fran' Sol Ortiz (born 13 March 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Ukrainian club FC Dynamo Kyiv as a forward.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sol and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.

Fran Sol

Sol with Dynamo Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Sol Ortiz
Date of birth	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	9
Youth career
1998–2000	AV Vicálvaro
2000–2002	Rayo Vallecano
2002–2010	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Real Madrid C	69	(19)
2012–2013	→ Lugo (loan)	12	(1)
2013	→ Oviedo (loan)	11	(0)
2014–2016	Villarreal B	73	(27)
2015	Villarreal	2	(0)
2016–2018	Willem II	79	(39)
2019–	Dynamo Kyiv	14	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 March 2020

He played for Real Madrid and Villarreal early in his career, spending nearly all of that time out on loan or in reserve teams. He had 2​¹⁄₂ successful years with Willem II of the Dutch Eredivisie, totalling 88 matches and 47 goals.

Club career

Real Madrid

Born in Madrid, Sol joined Real Madrid's youth system in July 2002 at the age of 10, and began playing with the Alevín B-team. In the 2010–11 season, he made his senior debut with Real Madrid C, in a match against CF Trival Valderas for the Tercera División championship.[1]

For the 2012–13 campaign, Sol was loaned to CD Lugo.[2] He made his professional debut on 25 August 2012, coming on as a substitute for Mauro Quiroga in the 77th minute of a 1–1 away draw against UD Las Palmas;[3] early into the following month, he made his first start in Segunda División, helping his team to the same result at Sporting de Gijón.[4]

On 14 December 2012, Sol scored the 3–2 game winner against Real Madrid Castilla.[5][6] On 16 January of the following year, however, his loan spell was ended and he joined Real Oviedo of Segunda División B, in the same situation.[7][8] He made his debut with the Asturians on 20 January 2013, replacing Diego Cervero for the last minutes of the away match against CF Fuenlabrada.[9]

Villarreal

Sol moved to Villarreal CF's reserves on 2 July 2014.[10] On 25 April 2015, he appeared in his first competitive game with the Valencians' main squad, replacing Jaume Costa in a 0–0 La Liga draw at Real Sociedad.[11]

Willem II

Sol moved abroad for the first time on 25 June 2016, signing a three-year deal at Eredivisie club Willem II[12] and scoring on his debut on 6 August, a 1–4 home defeat to SBV Vitesse; two weeks later he netted the winner in a 2–1 victory at AFC Ajax, his team's first win there in history.[13]

In October 2017, Sol underwent an operation to remove a testicular tumour.[14] The following 10 March, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win over league leaders PSV Eindhoven at the Koning Willem II Stadion, putting him on top of the season's goalscoring charts.[15]

Sol scored another three goals on 26 August 2018 in a victory by the same score over Heracles Almelo.[16] Across his 30-month stay in the Netherlands he was the top flight's highest goalscorer with 39, five ahead of nearest rival Luuk de Jong.[17]

Dynamo Kyiv

In January 2019, Sol signed for FC Dynamo Kyiv of the Ukrainian Premier League for an estimated €3 million fee.[17] He made his debut on 14 February away to Olympiacos F.C. in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League, starting in a 2–2 draw.[18] On his maiden league appearance 11 days later, he scored in a 5–0 home win over FC Zorya Luhansk;[19] his debut season was ended in the next league match against FC Desna Chernihiv, due to a shoulder injury.[20][21]

Career statistics

As of 2 March 2019[22][23]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Madrid C	2013–14	Segunda División B	31	7	—		—		—		31	7
Lugo (loan)	2012–13	Segunda División	12	1	1	0	—		—		13	1
Oviedo (loan)	2012-13	Segunda División B	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Villarreal	2014–15	La Liga	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Villarreal B	2014–15	Segunda División B	36	11	—		—		—		36	11
	2015–16		37	15	—		—		—		37	15
	Total		73	26	—		—		—		73	26
Willem II	2016–17	Eredivisie	30	10	1	0	—		—		31	10
	2017–18		32	16	5	4	—		—		37	20
	2018–19		17	13	3	4	—		—		20	17
	Total		79	39	9	8	—		—		88	47
Dynamo Kyiv	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	2	1	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	1	—		4	2
Career Totals			210	74	10	8	2	1	—		222	83

1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

References

1. Asenjo, Borja (30 August 2010). "Un golazo de Seidel le da la victoria a los alfareros en 'terreno blanco'" [Seidel wonder goal gives alfareros the win in 'white territory']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2013.
2. "Fran Sol, cedido al Lugo" [Fran Sol, loaned to Lugo] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
3. "Entretenido encuentro que pudo ganar cualquiera" [Entertaining match could have gone both ways]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 August 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
4. "El Sporting sigue sin conocer el sabor del triunfo" [Sporting yet to taste win]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
5. "El Castilla mereció más en Lugo" [Castilla deserved more in Lugo] (in Spanish). Real Madrid C.F. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
6. "Lugo vs Real Madrid Castilla" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
7. Armero, Andrés; Fente, Manuel (16 January 2013). "Sol se marcha cedido al Oviedo y Guayre ficha por el Lugo" [Sol leaves for Oviedo on loan and Guayre signs for Lugo]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2013.
8. "Real Oviedo, Fran Sol confirma su llegada" [Real Oviedo, Fran Sol confirms arrival] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
9. "Fuenlabrada vs Oviedo" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
10. "Cuatro refuerzos para el Villarreal B" [Four additions to Villarreal B] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
11. Aldunate, Ramiro (25 April 2015). "La Liga se les hace larga" [Neverending League for them]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
12. Roca, Juan F. (25 June 2016). "Fran Sol ficha por tres temporadas por el Willem II holandés" [Fran Sol signs for three years at Netherlands' Willem II]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
13. "Fran Sol hace historia con el Willem II" [Fran Sol makes history with Willem II]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
14. "Willem II fans pay touching tribute to Fran Sol after undergoing operation to remove tumour". Goal. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
15. "Fran Sol anota un 'hat-trick' ante el PSV y ya es Pichichi en Holanda" [Fran Sol scores a hat-trick against PSV and is now top scorer in Holland]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 March 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
16. "Sol nets hat-trick as Willem II rout Heracles". Football Oranje. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
17. Manchón, Martín (16 January 2019). "Se acabó el culebrón: Fran Sol ficha por el Dinamo de Kiev" [The soap opera is over: Fran Sol signs for Dynamo Kyiv]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
18. Van Beek, Yvonne (14 February 2019). "Fran Sol speelt met Dynamo Kiev gelijk tegen Olympiakos Piraeus van Kostas Tsimikas" [Fran Sol plays in Dynamo Kyiv draw against Kostas Tsimikas' Olympiacos]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
19. "Paulo Fonseca reentra no campeonato com vitória" [Paulo Fonseca re-enters championship with victory]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
20. "Соль может пропустить около двух месяцев" [Sol could miss around two months] (in Russian). Football UA. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
21. "Соль и Вербич в нынешнем сезоне больше не сыграют, Беседин может успеть восстановиться к последним матчам" [Sol and Verbič will not feature the rest of the season, Besyedin might come back for the last matches] (in Russian). Football UA. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
22. Fran Sol at Soccerway
23. Fran Sol at WorldFootball.net

External links

• Fran Sol at BDFutbol
• Fran Sol at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)