Geni (footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 1980)
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Eugenio Suárez Santos (born 4 February 1980), known as Geni, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugenio Suárez Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Avilés | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Oviedo B | 65 | (16) |
| 1999–2003 | Oviedo | 89 | (17) |
| 2003–2006 | Rayo Vallecano | 100 | (26) |
| 2006–2009 | Jaén | 108 | (27) |
| 2009–2012 | Alavés | 102 | (21) |
| 2012–2015 | Avilés | 97 | (11) |
| 2015–2017 | Marino | 59 | (11) |
| Total | 620 | (129) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Gijón, Asturias, Geni emerged through neighbours Real Oviedo's youth system, making his first-team debut not yet aged 19 as the club was then in La Liga.[1] Definitely promoted to the main squad in 2000, he would see them drop two tiers in only two years.[2]
Geni then moved to Rayo Vallecano of Segunda División, playing 30 total games without scoring in his first season, which ended in another relegation,[3] and leaving in 2006 to another side in the Segunda División B, Real Jaén, where he appeared and scored regularly.[4]
In summer 2009, Geni signed for Deportivo Alavés, with the Basques in division three.[4] He continued competing there until the end of the 2014–15 campaign, also representing Real Avilés Industrial CF.[5]