Christian Andrés Suárez Valencia (born November 2, 1985, in

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

) is an Ecuadorian footballer who last played for Guayaquil City.

Club career

Suárez began his career with

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in the

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of Ecuador. After his performances with the team, he soon got the attention of many clubs especially

LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgad ...

. In 2008, Suárez transferred to LDU Quito as part of the squad who won the

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. Unfortunately, Suárez had little playing time and was only used as a substitute. In 2009, Suárez joined Olmedo. He played regularly for the team as an

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and set his teammates up to score goals. He finished the season with 10 impressive goals which made Olmedo take their option to buy him permanently. In 2010, Suárez was loaned to El Nacional. He started the season as first choice striker where he didn't disappoint and became one of the league's top scorers. He ended the season with 12 goals. In 2015, Suárez joined

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Club Necaxa

On December 14, 2010, Christian Suárez completed his transfer to

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

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, same club where legendary Ecuadorian midfielder,

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, played. He scored his first goals coming in a game against Toluca in which he scored twice to give Necaxa a 2–3 victory. Santos Laguna

Santos Laguna

In May 2011, Suárez joined

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

of the

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after Necaxa was relegated. Suárez occupied the extracomunitary player placer left by his compatriot

Christian Benítez Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (1 May 1986 – 29 July 2013), also known as Chucho, was an Ecuadorian professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He began his career with Club De ...

, who joined

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. Suarez reached the Apertura 2011 League Final but came in second place to Tigres. After scoring 5 goals in the

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, Suarez again lost the final, this time to

Club de Futbol Monterrey Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados, A.C., simply known as Monterrey or by its nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, that plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican fo ...

. After reaching his third final in Mexican football, Suarez won his first title with Santos Laguna, winning the Apertura 2012, against Monterrey.*

International career

Suárez was called up on October 12, 2010, to play against

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. He scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win versus

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on August 10, 2011.

International goals

Honours

Club

;LDU Quito *

(1):

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;Santos Laguna *

Mexican Primera División Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

(1): Clausura 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suarez, Christian 1985 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Men's association football wingers Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Ecuador men's international footballers Deportivo Azogues footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players C.D. Olmedo footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers Club Necaxa footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.F. Pachuca players Barcelona S.C. footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Guayaquil City F.C. footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Liga MX players Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico