Jeffrén playing with the Spanish under-21s in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeffrén Isaac Suárez Bermúdez | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eupen | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | Tenerife | ||
2004–2006 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Barcelona C | 7 | (1) |
2006–2009 | Barcelona B | 82 | (14) |
2008–2011 | Barcelona | 22 | (3) |
2011–2014 | Sporting CP | 24 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Valladolid | 46 | (3) |
2015– | Eupen | 40 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Spain U19 | 11 | (5) |
2007 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Spain U21 | 12 | (2) |
2015– | Venezuela | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:04, 07 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2016 |
Jeffrén Isaac Suárez Bermúdez (born 20 January 1988), known simply as Jeffrén, is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Belgian club K.A.S. Eupen as a forward or winger.
He started his career with Barcelona, appearing rarely and signing with Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2011.
Jeffrén won 30 caps for Spain at youth level, winning European Championships with the under-19 and the under-21 teams. In 2015, he made his senior debut for Venezuela.
Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, Jeffrén was just one year old when his family left the country for the Spanish island of Tenerife.
FC Barcelona talent scouts spotted him and, in 2004, he was signed for its youth teams from CD Tenerife, first being coached by Guillermo Hoyos, who played him as a midfielder.
Jeffrén played three full seasons with FC Barcelona B, suffering Segunda División B relegation in 2006–07, and scoring six goals in 30 games in the following season in an immediate promotion back. On 8 November 2006, at the age of 18, he made his debut with the first team, against CF Badalona in a Copa del Rey round-of-32 match, coming on as a substitute for Javier Saviola in the 83rd minute of a 4–0 home win (6–1 on aggregate).