| 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "COCODRILOS ANUNCIA A NELSON "KAKO" SOLORZANO COMO SU NUEVO ENTRENADOR" (in Spanish). Cancha Latina. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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