Nelson Solórzano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solórzan and the second or maternal family name is Aponte.

Nelson Solórzano

Bucaneros de La Guaira
Position	Head coach
League	LPB
Personal information
Nationality	Venezuelan
Career information
Playing career	?–?
Coaching career	2002–present
Career history
As player:
1980-1981	Cocodrilos de Caracas
As coach:
2019-2021	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2021-present	Bucaneros de La Guaira

Nelson Abelardo Solórzano Aponte (born 30 May 1959 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan former basketball player and current basketball coach.

National team career

Solórzano competed as a player in the 1992 Summer Olympics with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team.^[1]

Coaching career

Solórzano has worked as an assistant coach with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. He was an assistant coach with Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He was hired as head coach of the Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in 2019. He had previously coached Toros de Aragua, Marinos de Anzoátegui, Panteras de Miranda and Gigantes de Guayana.^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nelson Solórzano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
2. "COCODRILOS ANUNCIA A NELSON "KAKO" SOLORZANO COMO SU NUEVO ENTRENADOR" (in Spanish). Cancha Latina. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.