Aarón Suárez Zúñiga (born 27 June 2002), is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga FPD club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aarón René Suárez Zúñiga | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alajuelense | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alajuelense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Alajuelense | 98 | (19) |
| 2020 | → Juventud Escazuceña (loan) | 14[2] | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Costa Rica U-17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Costa Rica | 11 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:06, 8 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6:00, 3 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editSuarez who hails from La Trinidad District started his career for Deportivo Saprissa, before joined 2019 to Alajuelense.[3] 2020 was promoted to LD Alajuelense first team and made 8 games,[4] before the midfielder joined on loan to Juventud Escazuceña.[5]
International career
editSuárez debuted with the Costa Rica national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Canada on 13 November 2021.[6]
Honours
editIndividual
- CONCACAF League Best Young Player: 2022
References
edit- ^ Aarón Suárez at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Aaron Suárez Zúñiga". La Camiseta 10.
- ^ "Aaron Suárez: Hijo de taxista que está cumpliendo su sueño de niño en Alajuelense".
- ^ "El mensaje entre lágrimas enviado por chofer de bus a su hijo Aarón Suárez luego del clásico".
- ^ "Aaron Suarez :: Aaron Suarez Zuñiga :: Alajuelense". www.playmakerstats.com.
- ^ "Aarón Suárez: el joven que tiene en el banquillo a Bryan Ruiz y quiere su trono en La Sele". ESPN.com.mx. 21 January 2022.
External links
edit- Aarón Suárez at Soccerway
- Aarón Suárez at National-Football-Teams.com