Career
He has also coached South Africa at under-20 level Solomons played as a midfielder for Glendene and Cape Town Spurs during his playing career. He was known by the nickname "Asem" (the Afrikaans word for "breath") due to his impressive stamina and work rate.
Solomons moved into coaching shortly after retiring from playing, and joined the coaching staff at Santos for the first time in the late 1980s.
In 1998, he was appointed head coach of the South Africa under-20 team He 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.
He went on to lead the team to the final of the ABSA Cup, where Santos defeated Ajax Cape Town 2–0. In October 2004, he was sacked due to the team"s poor performances in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Solomons had a short stint with Maritzburg United before being appointed as coach at Bidvest Wits, who had recently been relegated to the Mvela Golden League, at the start of the 2005-2006 season.
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. After brief spells at Black Leopards and Winners Park, he returned to Santos as the club"s Director of Football in November 2008. He was once again appointed as head coach of Santos in July 2009.
Solomons left the club in December 2011 after a poor run of results.
He 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. Solomons was fired on 1 September 2014 after string of poor results in the 2014-2015 Premier Soccer League campaign.
They lost 2–1 to Maritzburg United, 2–1 to Ajax Cape Town, 3–2 to Moroka Swallows and 3–0 to Orlando Pirates respectively. highlights with Bidvest Wits as Head Coach. 1998 Appointed as Head Coach of South African U20’s national squad.
1995–1996 As assistant coach, toured with Société Anonyme U20’s national team to Lesotho, Germany and Italy.
2003 Absa Cup winners.