Jorge Suárez (footballer)
Appearance
- This is about the football player. For the Puerto Rican politician, see Jorge Suárez Cáceres.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Suárez Landaverde | ||
Date of birth | 17 April 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Metapán, El Salvador | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1997 | (aged 51)||
Place of death | El Salvador | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Atlético Fuentes | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1966 | Isidro Menéndez | ||
1966–1970 | Sonsonate | ||
1970–1971 | Atlante | ||
1971–1973 | FAS | ||
1974 | Indiana Tigers | ||
1974 | San Miguel | ||
1974–1975 | FAS | ||
1975–1978 | Once Municipal | ||
1978–1979 | Águila | ||
1979–1981 | Xelajú MC | ||
1981–1982 | Once Lobos | ||
1984–1986 | CESSA | ||
International career | |||
El Salvador | |||
Managerial career | |||
1987–1989 | Isidro Metapán | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorge Suárez Landaverde (17 April 1945 – 12 January 1997) was a former Salvadoran footballer.[1]
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed El Calero, he is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers El Salvador has ever produced.[2]
He played for several clubs in El Salvador and made his debut at the highest level with FAS in 1972.
The Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez was named after him on 27 September 1996, just three months prior to his death, to cancer.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jorge Suárez :: Jorge Suárez Landaverde ::".
- ^ Vida y obra Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Bio - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Santa Ana Department
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
- C.D. FAS footballers
- C.D. Águila footballers
- C.S.D. Xelajú MC players
- C.D. Once Municipal footballers
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Salvadoran football managers
- Deaths from cancer in El Salvador
- Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Salvadoran football biography stubs