Maynor Suazo

Maynor Suazo

Personal information
Full name	Maynor René Suazo Antunez
Date of birth	August 10, 1979 (1979-08-10)
Place of birth	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Atletico Veragüense
Youth career
	CD Marathón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	CD Marathón	14	(1)
2000–2006	Red Bull Salzburg	114	(4)
2002–2003	→ Olimpia (loan)	22	(3)
2006	→ SK Brann (loan)	1	(0)
2006–2009	Antalyaspor	27	(0)
2007–2008	→ FC Köln (loan)	16	(0)
2010-	Atletico Veragüense		(0)
National team‡
1999–	Honduras	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 11, 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2007

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Suazo and the second or maternal family name is Antunez.

Maynor René Suazo Antunez (born 10 August 1979) is a Hondurian footballer who currently plays for Atletico Veragüense.

Maynor is the cousin of footballer David Suazo. Both played together at their school's football team. He is also Hendry Thomas's cousin.

Career

Maynor Suazo began his career with top Honduran side CD Marathón. His play with Marathón did not go unnoticed and in 2000 he was signed by SV Austria Salzburg. He quickly established himself in the Austrian Bundesliga appearing in 23 matches and scoring 1 goal in his first season at the club. For the 2002/03 season Suazo was loaned out to Honduran side Olimpia and helped the club capture the 2002-03 Apertura. He than returned to Salzburg and was once again an important player for the club. In 2004 Suazo was voted player of the year in the Austrian Bundesliga.

On March 31, 2006, Suazo was loaned out to SK Brann, in a deal lasting until June 2006. Brann also got the exclusive right to buy Suazo when the loan deal expired. They decided not to buy as Suazo only played 29 minutes in the Norwegian Premier League, the team preferring local lad Helge Haugen in defensive midfield.

Suazo returned to Red Bull Salzburg after his loan deal with Brann expired. He believed he had a fair chance to gain a regular spot on the team, after Lothar Matthäus was hired as new coach. However, in July 2006, Suazo was sold to the Turkish club Antalyaspor in a deal worth €800.000. Suazo made his debut for Antalyaspor in a match versus Çaykur Rizespor on August 6, 2006. In his first season with the Turkish club he appeared in 27 league matches.

On July 31, 2007 Suazo signed a loan deal with German 2.Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln. It was a 1 year loan deal with an option for a 2nd season. He became the first Honduran to play in Germany. After initially being plagued by injuries during his season in Germany, Suazo became an important player in helping FC Köln gain promotion to the German Bundesliga during the 2007-08 season. At the conclusion of the season FC Köln was interested in permanently acquiring Suazo, however Antalyaspor decided to retain him. Upon his return to Turkey Suazo did not appear to be in the clubs plans and also suffered a knee injury. He left the club when his contract expired in June 2009. During February 2010 he went on trial with New York Red Bulls. New York did not offer Suazo a contract.

Honors

Club

• Olimpia
  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2002-03 Apertura

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga
  • Footballer of the Year - 2004

External links

• Profile at Kicker.de (German)
• at national-football-teams.com (English)
• Profile at transfermarket.de/en (English)
• worldfootball.net (English)
• tiempo.hn (Spanish)
• Statistics at world-soccer.org