Boebie Solomons is one of the few footballing coaches in the country to have won winners medals for both the PSL league title and the Mvela Golden League.
11 Facts About Boebie Solomons
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Boebie Solomons was known by the nickname "Asem" due to his impressive stamina and work rate.
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Boebie Solomons moved into coaching shortly after retiring from playing, and joined the coaching staff at Santos for the first time in the late 1980s.
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Boebie Solomons then joined Santos in 1999, where he initially worked as a youth coach, before becoming involved with the coaching of the senior team in 2000.
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Boebie Solomons was appointed as the club's caretaker-coach on several occasions, including a spell in 2002 where the club won the BP Top Eight Cup, before being appointed as permanent head coach in 2003 following the resignation of Muhsin Ertugral.
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Boebie Solomons guided the team to promotion back to the top flight during his first season in charge, but was sacked in March 2007 due to a poor run of results.
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Boebie Solomons was appointed as head coach of Santos in July 2009.
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Boebie Solomons left the club in December 2011 after a poor run of results.
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Boebie Solomons joined Bloemfontein Celtic in June 2012 as an assistant coach to Clinton Larsen before being appointed as head coach of Polokwane City in October 2013.
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Boebie Solomons got appointed head coach at Cape Town All Stars in September 2014, replacing Dylan Deane.
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Milano United and Boebie Solomons parted ways in April 2017 and Solomons as appointed Technical Director at FC Cape Town.