 Suárez with Boca Juniors c. 1936 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pedro Bonifacio Suárez Pérez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Brígida, Gran Canaria, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 April 1979 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-half | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1926–1930 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1942 | Boca Juniors | 311 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1940 | Argentina | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Pedro Bonifacio Suárez Pérez, commonly known as Arico Suárez or Pedro Suárez (5 June 1908, in Gran Canaria, Spain – 18 April 1979, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), was a Spanish-Argentine football left half who played for Boca Juniors where he won five league championships and for the Argentina national team, including appearances at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, making him the only Canary Islander to play in the World Cup[1] until Juan Carlos Valerón played the 2002 edition.
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Playing career
Club
Suárez was born in Santa Brígida (Gran Canaria) but emigrated to Argentina with his parents at a young age. He began his playing career in 1926 with Ferro Carril Oeste where he played until his transfer to Boca Juniors in 1930.
In his first season with Boca, Suárez was part of the team that won the 1930 league championship. Over the following decade he won afurther four league championships in 1931, 1934, 1935 and 1940. He also won the Copa Ibarguren in 1940. Arico made a total of 335 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal which came in a 2–2 draw with Platense on 6 August 1933.
International
Suárez made his international debut for Argentina during the 1930 FIFA World Cup, he would go on to make a total of 12 appearances for the Argentina national team between 1930 and 1940.
Honours
- Boca Juniors
- Primera División Argentina (5): 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1940
- Copa Ibarguren (1): 1940
- Argentina
- FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 1930
References
- ^ Los 100 años de Arico Suárez Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine at La Provincia (in Spanish)
External links
- (in Spanish) Biography at Informe Xeneize
- (in Spanish) Pedro "Arico" Suárez at Historia del futbol Canario
- (in Spanish) Statistics Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine at Historia de Boca
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