Aarón Suárez
Costa Rican footballer (born 2002)
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Aarón Suárez Zúñiga (born 27 June 2002), is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Iğdır and the Costa Rica national team.
Full name
Aarón René Suárez Zúñiga
Date of birth
27 June 2002
Place of birth
San José, Costa Rica
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aarón René Suárez Zúñiga | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iğdır | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alajuelense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Alajuelense | 158 | (21) |
| 2020 | → Juventud Escazuceña (loan) | 14[2] | (5) |
| 2025– | Iğdır | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Costa Rica U-17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Costa Rica | 11 | (3) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6:00, 3 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
Suarez who hails from La Trinidad District started his career for Deportivo Saprissa, before joined 2019 to Alajuelense.[3] 2020 was promoted to LD Alajuelense first team and made 8 games,[4] before the midfielder joined on loan to Juventud Escazuceña.[citation needed]
International career
Suárez debuted with the Costa Rica national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Canada on 13 November 2021.[5]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 2 February 2024[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Suárez goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 March 2023 | Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique |  Martinique |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A | [7] |
| 2 | 26 June 2023 | DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States |  Panama |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup | [8] |
| 3 | 2 February 2024 | National Stadium, San José, Costa Rica |  El Salvador |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [9] |
Honours
Individual
- CONCACAF League Best Young Player: 2022
