Dillan Solomons (born 30 May 1996) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League.

Career

He hails from Steenberg. ^[1] As a young player he also participated in athletics, namely sprints, long jump and triple jump. According to IOL, he was "arguably ... the fastest player in the league" in 2022. ^[2] He recorded several placements between 5th and 8th at South African age-group championships, and finished 12th in the long jump at the 2016 South African Championships. Solomons managed to surpass the 7-metre barrier in the long jump by recording 7.06 metres in April 2016 in Germiston. ^[3]

Solomons played one year for Milano United, then two years for Royal Eagles with whom he won promotion from the 2018-19 National First Division. ^[4] Instead of contesting the 2019-20 South African Premier Division with the Royal Eagles, in July 2019 he moved to Stellenbosch ^[5] Seeing very limited playing time, Solomons moved back to the second tier with All Stars before he was bought by Moroka Swallows as a replacement for left winger Kgaogelo Sekgota. ^[6]

Solomons made his Premier Division breakthrough at Moroka Swallows. ^[1] Manager Dylan Kerr converted him to right wing-back. ^[7] Solomons was subsequently bought by Kaizer Chiefs in the summer of 2022. ^[2] Sinky Mnisi, who was the CEO of Royal AM, made a minor stir by claiming that Royal AM already had agreed to buy the player from Swallows. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Solomons was a Kaizer Chiefs regular during late 2022, but then found himself more often on the bench and suffered a dislocated shoulder in January 2023. ^[11] During the 2023–24 season, he largely fell out of use. By March 2024 Solomons had not yet started a single game. Reeve Frosler and then Zitha Kwinika were preferred in the right back position. ^[12]

Personal life

Solomons had his first child in 2023. ^[13]

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