Suárez training with Las Palmas in 2009
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Manuel Suárez Arteaga | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Songkhla United | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Las Palmas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Las Palmas B | 33 | (12) |
2005–2006 | → Castillo (loan) | 28 | (2) |
2007–2013 | Las Palmas | 76 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Ponferradina (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2014 | Inter Turku | 20 | (2) |
2016 | Izarra | 12 | (2) |
2016– | Songkhla United | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2016. |
Francisco 'Francis' Manuel Suárez Arteaga (born 6 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Thai club Songkhla United F.C. as a midfielder.
Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Suárez came through local UD Las Palmas' youth system, making his senior debut with neighbouring Castillo CF whilst on loan. Upon his return, he then spent one full season with the B-team, in Tercera División; on 7 January 2007 he made his first official appearance for the main squad, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a 2–2 away against UD Salamanca for the Segunda División championship.
In the following seven campaigns, with the club always in the second level, Suárez acted almost exclusively as a backup, his best output consisting of 20 games in 2007–08. He scored the first of only three competitive goals during his tenure on 14 November 2007, in a 2–4 home loss to Villarreal CF for the Copa del Rey.
Suárez was loaned to fellow league side SD Ponferradina for 2010–11, appearing in only one sixth of the games and also suffering team relegation. In the 2013–14 season, he was not even given a jersey number and, in June 2014, left to sign with FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.