Humberto Suazo
Suazo playing for Colo Colo in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | San Antonio, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1996 | Club Torino | ||
| 1996–2000 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 2000 | → Ñublense (loan) | ||
| 2001 | → Magallanes (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 2003 | San Luis de Quillota | 32 | (40) |
| 2004–2005 | Audax Italiano | 62 | (40) |
| 2006–2007 | Colo-Colo | 54 | (52) |
| 2007–2015 | Monterrey | 219 | (102) |
| 2010 | → Real Zaragoza (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Colo-Colo | 26 | (3) |
| Total | 410 | (243) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2013 | Chile | 60 | (21) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 March 2013 |
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Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo (Spanish pronunciation: [umˈberto ˈswaso]; born 10 May 1981), nicknamed Chupete (in English, lollipop), is a retired Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker. In 2006, he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year. After winning the Apertura 2007 with Colo Colo, he moved to Liga MX club CF Monterrey, where he became the club's all-time top scorer as well as winning two Liga MX titles, three CONCACAF Champions League titles, and one InterLiga. He returned to Colo-Colo in 2015 after 7 years with Monterrey.
According to his 2010 FIFA World Cup profile, Suazo was known for his "keen positional sense and ability to finish with either foot".
At six years old, Suazo's father took him to play with Club Torino in his hometown of San Antonio. His father had made a name for himself playing with the same team.
In December 1995, Suazo tried out for Universidad Católica. In March of the following year he was part of the club's youth system. However, Suazo's time spent there was troubled. He did not like to practice and at any given chance he would leave the facilities and return to San Antonio. Suazo later admitted he wasted the opportunity the club gave him.
In 2000, Universidad Católica loaned Suazo out to Chilean second division, Ñublense. His professional debut came against Magallanes, the club he would later play for, and he scored his first goal. At the end of the year, he fractured his fibula and was sidelined for seven months. The injury also kept him out of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 2000, he won the Milk Cup, an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland.
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