Gabriel Suazo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suazoand the second or maternal family name is Urbina.

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	52	(0)
International career‡
2016–2017	Chile U20	8	(0)
2019–2020	Chile U23	7	(0)
2017–	Chile	29	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 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

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

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

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

Club

As of match played on 31 August 2024

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	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		52	0	6	1	8	2	1	0	67	3
Career total			220	8	34	2	30	3	6	0	300	14

1. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
2. 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 September 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	7	0
Total		29	0

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Chilean Primera División: 2015–A, Transición 2017, 2022
• Copa Chile: 2016, 2019, 2021
• Supercopa de Chile: 2017, 2018, 2022

Toulouse

• Coupe de France: 2022–23 ^[16]

Chile U20

• L'Alcúdia Tournament: 2015

Individual

• Chilean Primera División Team of the Season: 2022 ^[17]

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. 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.

External links

• Gabriel Suazo at Soccerway
• Toulouse Player Profile Archived 18 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine