Matías Suárez
Suárez playing for Anderlecht in 2016
Personal information
Full name Matías Ezequiel Suárez
Date of birth (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988[1]
Place of birth La Falda, Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Belgrano 55 (13)
2008–2016 Anderlecht 173 (50)
2016–2019 Belgrano 57 (10)
2019– River Plate 79 (33)
International career‡
2019– Argentina 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Third place2019 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:32, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:32, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Matías Ezequiel Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈti.as ˈswaɾes]; born 9 May 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for River Plate as a forward.

Club career

Club Atlético Belgrano

Suárez started his professional career at Club Atlético Belgrano in 2006. He was Club Atlético Belgrano's top scorer in the Primera B Nacional of Argentina in 2007–08.[3] Due to his performances he attracted the attention of Arsenal.[4]

Anderlecht

In 2008 Suárez moved from Belgrano and completed his transfer to Anderlecht. He went on to establish himself as a key member of the Anderlecht side contributing many goals and assists in the process, especially following the departure of the team's star player Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea in the summer of 2011.

The 2011–12 season was his best so far, on a personal level and with the team. While Anderlecht were crowned Belgian champions, Suárez was crowned Player of the Year 2011 and elected Player of the Season 2011–12 by his professional colleagues in Belgium.[5] After a highly successful season, Suarez was officially signed by CSKA Moscow. The fee was undisclosed and later cancelled as Suárez failed the medical tests and returned to Anderlecht afterwards.

Return to Belgrano

After the 2016 terrorist attacks on Brussels, Suárez announced his intention to leave Anderlecht at the end of the season, despite Anderlecht and Belgrano not agreeing on a transfer fee. As a consequence, he terminated his contract unilaterally, allegedly fearing for his family's safety.[6] In December 2017, FIFA delivered a decision in favor of Anderlecht, ruling out any alleged threat on Suárez family and ordered Suárez and his club to pay Anderlecht compensation.[7] The club filed a complaint to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, which ordered the player to pay €540,350 to the club. Both the player and the club filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court ordered the player and Belgrano jointly liable to pay Anderlecht €1,212,225.23.[8]

River Plate

On 26 January 2019, River Plate paid Belgrano $2.8 million for the player's rights. Suárez signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with his new team.[9] He scored his first goal on his debut on 30 January 2019, against Godoy Cruz.

International career

Suárez made his debut for Argentina national team on 22 March 2019 in a friendly against Venezuela, as a half-time substitute for Pity Martínez.[10]

Personal life

He is the uncle of fellow footballers Federico Álvarez and Gastón Álvarez Suárez.[11][12] He is married to singer Magalí Olave and has two children.[13]

Career statistics

As of 19 April 2023[14][15][16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht 2008–09 Belgian First Division 11100–2011152
2009–10 Belgian Pro League 351130–13[lower-alpha 4]4005115
2010–11 Belgian Pro League 34810–12[lower-alpha 4]2104710
2011–12 Belgian Pro League 351200–10[lower-alpha 5]7004520
2012–13 Belgian Pro League 11300–0000113
2013–14 Belgian Pro League 11611–3[lower-alpha 6]010157
2014–15 Belgian Pro League 13410–3[lower-alpha 6]010164
2015–16 Belgian Pro League 23521–7[lower-alpha 5]000326
Total 1735072–50134123267
Belgrano 2016–17 Argentine Primera División 20340004[lower-alpha 7]000283
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 24510000000255
2018–19 Argentine Primera División 13210000000142
Total 5710600040006710
River Plate 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 9312212[lower-alpha 8]100147
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 217100012[lower-alpha 9]111359
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 82100011[lower-alpha 9]200204
2021 Argentine Primera División 17700006[lower-alpha 9]100238
2022 Argentine Primera División 20720004[lower-alpha 9]200269
2023 Argentine Primera División 470000000047
Total 793352213571112244
Career total 3099718421892052421121

Honours

Anderlecht

River Plate

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Matías Ezequiel Suárez". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Matías Ezequiel Suárez's Height". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2012. Anderlecht Official Site
  3. ↑ "Table of Top Goalscorers", Diario Olé Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Suarez on his way to Anderlecht". Anderlecht-Online.be. 15 December 2007.
  5. ↑ Scholten, Berend (13 May 2012). "Suárez scoops top honour in Belgium". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Ed Malyon (23 March 2016). "Anderlecht striker Matias Suarez "will leave Belgium in June" after Brussels attacks made him fear for his life". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Taildeman, Yves (7 December 2017). "Suarez doit plus de 500.000€ au RSCA". DHnet.
  8. ↑ "CAS 2018/A/5607 SA Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht (RSCA) v. Matías Ezequiel Suárez & Club Atlético Belgrano de Córdoba (CA Belgrano) & CAS 2018/A/5608 Matías Ezequiel Suárez & CA Belgrano v. RSCA" (PDF). Bulletin. Lausanne: Court of Arbitration for Sport. 2019 (2). 2019.
  9. ↑ Plate, Club Atletico River. "Matías Suárez, nuevo jugador de River Plate". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Argentina v Venezuela game report". ESPN. 22 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Los Suárez, una historia familiar en la intimidad de Belgrano". Copa Argentina. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Matías Suárez, un tío orgulloso". Mundod Lavoz. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Matías Suárez llega acompañado a River: quién es Magui Olave, su esposa cantante y prima de "El Potro" Rodrigo". infobae.com (in Spanish). 21 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Argentina - M. Suárez - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Matías Suárez Football Statistics - WhoScored.com". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Matías Suárez Player Profile - ESPN FC". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Matías Suárez - Football Stats - Anderlecht - Age 26". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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