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 276 (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 22:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022

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.

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 2 January 2024
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
2023–24[21] La Liga 15010——160
Total 27649040402944
Career total 4419140160504969
  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. 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. 1 2 Damián Suárez at FootballDatabase.eu
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Damián Suárez at Soccerway
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