Damián Suárez

Damián Nicolás Suárez Suárez (born 27 April 1988) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Getafe and the Uruguay national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.
Damián Suárez
Suárez with Uruguay in 2022
Personal information
Full name Damián Nicolás Suárez Suárez[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 22
Youth career
1999–2007 Defensor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Defensor 67 (2)
2011–2012 Sporting Gijón 19 (0)
2012–2015 Elche 98 (3)
2015– Getafe 266 (4)
International career‡
2005 Uruguay U17 3 (0)
2007 Uruguay U20 12 (0)
2022– Uruguay 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:11, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Suárez played four seasons with hometown's Defensor Sporting after joining as an 11-year old,[2] winning the 2008 Uruguayan Primera División.[3] In early June 2011 he moved to La Liga with Sporting de Gijón, signing a three-year deal.[4]

Suárez made his league debut on 11 September 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against CA Osasuna.[5] In his first season, which ended in relegation, he was mostly used as Alberto Lora's backup.[6][7]

On 24 July 2012, Suárez terminated his contract with the Asturians[8] and joined Elche CF in Segunda División.[9] He scored his first goal in Spain on 2 March 2013, his team's first in a 2–1 win at Recreativo de Huelva.[10] He appeared in 33 matches during the campaign, as the Valencians returned to the top division after a 24-year absence.[11]

Suárez scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 30 March 2014, through a penalty kick for the first in a 1–1 away draw against Villarreal CF.[12] On 7 July 2015, he moved to fellow league team Getafe CF after agreeing to a three-year deal.[13]

On 20 April 2022, after taking the field in the 2–0 away defeat of RC Celta de Vigo, Suárez became Getafe's player with the most appearances in the top tier at 191.[14][3]

International career

Suárez represented Uruguay at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[15][16] After several call-ups to the senior team, he made his full debut on 27 January 2022 in a 1–0 win against Paraguay in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers;[17] this made him the oldest outfield player to achieve this for the country, a record which was previously held by Andrés Scotti since 2006.[18]

Personal life

Suárez's younger brother, Mathías, was also a professional footballer.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensor 2007–08[20] Uruguayan Primera División 150—00—150
2008–09[20] Uruguayan Primera División 50—4[lower-alpha 1]0—90
2009–10[21] Uruguayan Primera División 241—2[lower-alpha 1]0—261
2010–11[21] Uruguayan Primera División 231—6[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0311
Total 6720012010802
Sporting Gijón 2011–12[21] La Liga 19010——200
Elche 2012–13[21] Segunda División 33100——331
2013–14[21] La Liga 31110——321
2014–15[21] La Liga 34130——371
Total 9834000001023
Getafe 2015–16[21] La Liga 31020——330
2016–17[21] Segunda División 37010—4[lower-alpha 3]0420
2017–18[21] La Liga 33100——331
2018–19[21] La Liga 36060——420
2019–20[21] La Liga 301004[lower-alpha 4]0—341
2020–21[21] La Liga 31100——311
2021–22[21] La Liga 35000——350
2022–23[21] La Liga 28100——281
Total 26149040402784
Career total 4269140160504809
  1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance in Uruguayan Primera División championship playoff
  3. Appearances in La Liga play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 23 September 2022[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 202270
Total70

Honours

Defensor

Elche

References
  1. Damián Suárez at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Damián se acerca a Gijón" [Damián close to Gijón]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 26 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. Malek, Mariana (20 April 2022). "Nuevo récord para Damián Suárez en Getafe: es el jugador con más partidos en primera" [New record for Damián Suárez at Getafe: he is the player with the most matches in primera]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. Rosety, Manuel (2 June 2011). "Damián Suárez, primer fichaje del Sporting" [Damián Suárez, first Sporting signing]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. "Osasuna claim first win". ESPN Soccernet. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  6. Tylko, Ignacio (3 December 2011). "Di María desnuda al Sporting" [Di María strips Sporting naked]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. "El Sporting de Gijón consuma su descenso" [Sporting de Gijón confirm relegation]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 14 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  8. "Damián, desvinculado del Sporting" [Damián, released by Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  9. "El Elche ficha al lateral derecho Damián Suárez" [Elche sign right back Damián Suárez]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. "El líder Elche conquista por primera vez el Nuevo Colombino" [Leaders Elche conquer Nuevo Colombino for the first time]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  11. Hernández, Monserrate (13 May 2015). "El futuro del uruguayo Damián Suárez está fuera del Elche" [Future of Uruguay's Damián Suárez away from Elche]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. Aldunate, Ramiro (30 March 2014). "El Villarreal pasa de la Champions" [Villarreal do not want to hear about Champions]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  13. "Damián Suárez jugará en el Getafe" [Damián Suárez will play in Getafe]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  14. Navacerrada, Juancar (20 April 2022). "El Getafe vence fuera de casa un año después" [Getafe win away from home one year later]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  15. "Ferrín dio la lista de 20 convocados para Mundial sub 17 de Perú" [Ferrín named 20-men squad for under 17 World Cup in Peru]. La Nación (in Spanish). 5 September 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  16. "La generación dorada de la selección uruguaya" [The Uruguayan national team's golden generation]. El Observador (in Spanish). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  17. "Con gol de Suárez, Uruguay vence Paraguay y despierta" [With goal from Suárez, Uruguay beat Paraguay and wake up]. Los Angeles Times (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  18. "Damián Suárez se transformó en el jugador de campo en debutar con más edad en Uruguay" [Damián Suárez became the oldest outfield player to debut with Uruguay]. El País (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  19. Pérez, Silvia (30 June 2019). "Los Zorros Suárez: Miguel y sus hijos Damián y Mathías" [The Suárez Foxes: Miguel and his sons Damián and Mathías]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  20. Damián Suárez at FootballDatabase.eu
  21. Damián Suárez at Soccerway
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