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Gabriel Suazo
Suazo with Colo-Colo in 2020
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Alonso Suazo Urbina
Date of birth (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Toulouse
Number 17
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Colo-Colo B 1 (0)
2015–2023 Colo-Colo 167 (8)
2023– Toulouse 64 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Chile U20 8 (0)
2019–2020 Chile U23 7 (0)
2017– Chile 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Gabriel Alonso Suazo Urbina (born 9 August 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Chile national team.

Club career

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After playing in the Colo-Colo youth teams since he was young,[1] Suazo made his first-team debut for the club on 19 July 2015 in a Copa Chile match against Deportes Concepción.[2]

After nine seasons with Colo-Colo, Suazo signed for French Ligue 1 club Toulouse on 16 January 2023.[3] He became the second Chilean footballer to play for them after Jorge Infante in the 1970s.[4] He helped his side win the Coupe de France in his first season, assisting a goal in Toulouse's 5–1 win over Nantes in the final.[5]

International career

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Suazo was part of the Chile under-20 squad that won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 2015.[6] He also represented the under-20 team at the 2017 South American Championship, and later played for the under-23 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[7]

Suazo received his first call-up for the senior Chile national team for pre-Copa América Centenario friendly matches against Jamaica and Mexico in May 2016, though he remained unused in both games.[8] He made his debut for Chile in a friendly match against Burkina Faso on 2 June 2017.[9]

In June 2024, Suazo was named in Chile's squad for the 2024 Copa América.[10] In their final group match against Canada, he was sent off after accumulating two yellow cards within the first 30 minutes as Chile exited the tournament in the group stage.[11]

Personal life

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Suazo was born and raised in Santiago. Growing up, his main idols included Gonzalo Fierro and Matías Fernández.[12]

In March 2022, he married Gabriela Rojas,[13] with whom he had been in a relationship for eight years.[14] The couple had a son born in May 2023 in France.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played on 5 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colo-Colo B 2014 Chilean Segunda División 1 0 1 0
Colo-Colo 2015–16 Chilean Primera División 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2016–17 Chilean Primera División 23 1 9 0 1[a] 0 33 1
2017 Chilean Primera División 14 0 3 1 1[b] 0 18 1
2018 Chilean Primera División 19 0 2 0 6[a] 0 1[b] 0 28 0
2019 Chilean Primera División 23 3 3 0 1[c] 0 1[b] 0 28 3
2020 Chilean Primera División 30 1 0 0 6[a] 1 1[b] 0 37 2
2021 Chilean Primera División 25 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2022 Chilean Primera División 26 3 3 0 8[d] 0 1[b] 0 38 3
Total 167 8 28 1 22 1 5 0 232 10
Toulouse 2022–23 Ligue 1 18 0 4 1 22 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 31 0 2 0 8[e] 2 1[f] 0 42 2
2024–25 Ligue 1 14 0 1 0 15 0
Total 64 0 7 1 8 2 1 0 80 3
Career total 232 8 35 2 30 3 6 0 313 14
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearance in Supercopa de Chile
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Six appearances in Copa Libertadores and two appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

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As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2017 1 0
2021 4 0
2022 8 0
2023 8 0
2024 9 0
Total 31 0

Honours

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Colo-Colo

Toulouse

Chile U20

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriel Suazo: 'I don't know how Suazidane made it here!'". Ligue 1. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ "COLO COLO DERROTÓ A DEPORTES CONCEPCIÓN Y SE ACERCA A OCTAVOS DE FINAL". ANFP.cl (in Spanish). Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  3. ^ @toulousefc (16 January 2023). "Aujourd'hui, c'est le Blue Monday..." (in French). Retrieved 16 January 2023 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ Romero, Jorge (17 January 2023). ""Una leyenda de Colo Colo": los 5 factores que destacaron en Francia sobre Gabriel Suazo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Toulouse thrash Nantes 5–1 in French Cup final". Reuters. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  6. ^ Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Torneo Maurice Revello (Esperanzas de Toulon)". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Suazo: El ambicioso sparring de Pizzi". Goal (in Spanish). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Chile se impone a Burkina Faso en su despedida rumbo a la Confederaciones". Radio Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). 3 June 2017. El duelo sirvió para ver a jugadores que pueden ser alternativas como son los casos de Gabriel Suazo y Yerko Leiva, quienes debutaron con la camiseta de la estrella solitaria. [The duel served to see players that could be alternative such as Gabriel Suazo and Yerko Leiva, both of whom debuted with the lone star's jersey.]
  10. ^ "Nómina oficial – Selección Chilena – CONMEBOL Copa América EE.UU. 2024". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Canada advances to Copa America quarterfinals with goalless draw vs. Chile". CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  12. ^ "'La gente tiene un prejuicio hacia los futbolistas... yo tenía promedio 6,8'". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 24 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  13. ^ "¡Vivan los novios! Gabriel Suazo da un enorme paso en su vida al contraer matrimonio". redgol.cl (in Spanish). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Gabi Suazo no puede más de orgullo por el cariño que recibe su pareja, Gabriela Rojas: 'Se ha hecho muy famosa'". dalealbo.cl (in Spanish). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Se llenó de felicitaciones: Gabriel Suazo confirma el nacimiento de su primer hijo en Francia". dalealbo.cl (in Spanish). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  16. ^ Mayen, Philippe (29 April 2023). "Ô Toulouse... FC !" [Oh Toulouse... FC !]. French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  17. ^ "[Fotos] Los flamantes premiados de la Gala del Fútbol Chileno 2022". m.alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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