Claudio Suárez

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Claudio Suárez
Personal information
Full name Claudio Suárez Sánchez
Date of birth December 17, 1968 (age 38)
Place of birth    Texcoco, Mexico
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname El Emperador (The Emperor)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Chivas USA
Number 2
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1989-1996
1996-1999
1999-2005
2006-
 UNAM Pumas
Chivas de Guadalajara
UANL Tigres
Chivas USA
 191 (19)
144 (10)
143 (16)
22 (6)   
National team2
1992- Flag of Mexico Mexico 178 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23 June, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 June, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Claudio Suárez Sánchez (born December 17, 1968 in Texcoco, México) is a Mexican international football player currently playing for Chivas USA as a defender, in the MLS since 2006.

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Suárez has made 178 international appearances for Mexican national football team, trailing only Mohamed Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia with 181 international matches.

Nicknamed El Emperador ("The Emperor"), Suárez began his club career with UNAM Pumas, where he played from 1988 to 1996. He moved to Chivas de Guadalajara for the 1996 Apertura, and remained there for 3 years, through the 1999 Clausura.

Suárez then moved on to Tigres, where he played from 1999 to the end of 2005. He lead the team's defense during that time, and was league runner-up twice, in 2001 and 2003. His last game with Tigres, and in the Mexican league, was a semi-final Clásico Regiomontano in which he was sent-off in a controversial referee decision. Previous to this incident, he already had disagreements with the team's management. Tigres directive organization had asked Suarez to retire for years and join the management, but Suarez had refused. Other differences in defensive style where also cause for conflict with the teams management. The semi-final was the last excuse for separation.

In 2006, he moved to Major League Soccer to play for Chivas USA. He was picked to go to Germany with the Mexican national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup


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Flag of Mexico Mexico squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Flag of Mexico

1 Campos | 2 Suárez | 3 Ramírez Perales | 4 Ambríz | 5 Ramírez | 6 Bernal | 7 Hermosillo | 8 García Aspe | 9 Sánchez | 10 García | 11 Zague | 12 Fernández | 13 J. Chávez | 14 del Olmo | 15 Espinoza | 16 Valdéz | 17 Galindo | 18 Salgado | 19 Salvador | 20 Rodríguez | 21 Gutiérrez | 22 A. Chávez | Coach: Mejía Barón
Flag of Mexico Mexico squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Flag of Mexico

1 Campos | 2 Suárez | 3 J. Sánchez | 4 Villa | 5 Davino | 6 Bernal | 7 Ramírez | 8 García Aspe | 9 Peláez | 10 García | 11 Blanco | 12 O. Sánchez | 13 Pardo | 14 Lara | 15 Hernández | 16 Terrazas | 17 Palencia | 18 Carmona | 19 Luna | 20 Ordiales | 21 Arellano | 22 Pérez | Coach: Lapuente
Flag of Mexico Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Flag of Mexico

1 Sánchez | 2 Suárez | 3 Salcido | 4 Márquez | 5 Osorio | 6 Torrado | 7 Naelson | 8 Pardo | 9 Borgetti | 10 Franco | 11 Morales | 12 Corona | 13 Ochoa | 14 Pineda | 15 Castro | 16 Méndez | 17 Fonseca | 18 Guardado | 19 Bravo | 20 García | 21 Arellano | 22 Rodríguez | 23 Pérez | Coach: Lavolpe
C.D. Chivas USA - Current Squad

2 Suárez | 3 Llamosa | 4 Whitfield | 6 Mendoza | 9 Razov | 11 O'Brien | 12 Muñoz | 13 Bornstein | 14 Arias | 15 Marsch | 16 Kljestan | 18 Guzan | 19 Taylor | 20 Perez | 21 Hernandez | 23 Burpo | 25 Vaughn | 27 Robles | 29 Sanchez | 30 Borja | 31 Corona | 88 López | – Arvizu | – Barrera | – Borboa | – Dunn | – Galindo | – Guevara | – Zotinca | Coach: Preki
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