Gabriel Suazo

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Gabriel Suazo
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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
 Sevilla
Number 12
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Colo-Colo B 1 (0)
2015–2023 Colo-Colo 167 (8)
2023–2025 Toulouse 79 (0)
2025– Sevilla 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Chile U20 8 (0)
2019–2020 Chile U23 7 (0)
2017– Chile 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025

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

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Club career

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]

On 12 July 2025, Suazo joined Sevilla on a deal for three seasons. [6]

International career

Suazo was part of the Chile under-20 squad that won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 2015. [7] 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. [8]

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. [9] He made his debut for Chile in a friendly match against Burkina Faso on 2 June 2017. [10]

In June 2024, Suazo was named in Chile's squad for the 2024 Copa América. [11] 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. [12]

Personal life

Suazo was born and raised in Santiago. Growing up, his main idols included Gonzalo Fierro and Matías Fernández. [13]

In March 2022, he married Gabriela Rojas, [14] with whom he had been in a relationship for eight years. [15] The couple had a son born in May 2023 in France. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 17 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colo-Colo B 2014 Chilean Segunda División 10———10
Colo-Colo 2015–16 Chilean Primera División 701000—80
2016–17 Chilean Primera División231901 [a] 0—331
2017 Chilean Primera División14031—1 [b] 0181
2018 Chilean Primera División190206 [a] 01 [b] 0280
2019 Chilean Primera División233301 [c] 01 [b] 0283
2020 Chilean Primera División301006 [a] 11 [b] 0372
2021 Chilean Primera División250700000320
2022 Chilean Primera División263308 [d] 01 [b] 0383
Total16782812215023210
Toulouse 2022–23 Ligue 1 18041——221
2023–24 Ligue 1310208 [e] 21 [f] 0422
2024–25 Ligue 129030——320
Total790918210973
Career total24783723036033014
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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

As of match played 10 June 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 201710
202140
202280
202380
202490
202540
Total350

Honours

Colo-Colo

Toulouse

Chile U20

Individual

References

  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. ↑ Pinto, Juan (12 July 2025). "El Sevilla FC hace oficial el fichaje de Gabriel Suazo". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Torneo Maurice Revello (Esperanzas de Toulon)". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Suazo: El ambicioso sparring de Pizzi". Goal (in Spanish). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "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.]
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Canada advances to Copa America quarterfinals with goalless draw vs. Chile". CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "'La gente tiene un prejuicio hacia los futbolistas... yo tenía promedio 6,8'". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 24 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "¡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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ Mayen, Philippe (29 April 2023). "Ô Toulouse... FC !" [Oh Toulouse... FC !]. French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "[Fotos] Los flamantes premiados de la Gala del Fútbol Chileno 2022". m.alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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