 After the 2013 season Metalurgs football club was dissolved due to the financial struggle of its sole sponsor Liepājas Metalurgs, the metalwork company and replaced in the league by the newly formed FK Liepāja.In January 2014 Soloņicins announced his retirement from professional football.Soloņicins made 44 appearances for Latvia and scored 1 goal, playing for the national team from 2000 to 2010.