Key facts
- 1996
- Mexico Olympic ( O.P. )
- Full name
- Claudio Suárez Sánchez
- Date of birth
- ( 1968-12-17 ) 17 December 1968 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Texcoco , Mexico
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Years
- Team
- 1988 1996
- UNAM
- 1996 2000
- Guadalajara
- 2000 2005
- UANL
- 2006 2009
- Chivas USA
- 1992 2006
- Mexico
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claudio
- Family name
- Suárez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Texcoco de Mora
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- North Carolina FC
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Mexico
- Image
- Claudio Suarez.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- date of birth
- 1968-12-17
- second family name in Spanish name
- Sánchez
- start of work period
- 1989-02-23
- end of work period
- 2010-03-26
- name in native language
- Claudio Suárez
- Commons category
- Claudio Suárez
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Claudio Suárez Sánchez ( locally [ˈklawðjo ˈswaɾes ˈsantʃes]; born 17 December 1968) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. With 177 caps for the Mexico national team, he is regarded as one of the best North American players of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claudio Suárez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.