Diego Orlando Suárez

Diego Suárez

Personal information
Full name	Diego Orlando Suárez Saucedo
Date of birth	October 7, 1992 (1992-10-07) (age 19)
Place of birth	Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006-2007	Blooming	3	(0)
2007-present	Dynamo Kyiv Reserves[1]	9	(0)
National team‡
2009	Bolivia U-17	2	(0)
2009	Bolivia U-20	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 28, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 22, 2009

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

Diego Orlando Suárez Saucedo (born October 7, 1992 in Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni) is a Bolivian professional football player for FC Dynamo Kyiv youth sector.

Career

Suárez is the youngest footballer to play in the Copa Libertadores when he came on as a substitute for Club Blooming against Santos Futebol Clube Santos. In late March 2007, the Bolivian media claimed that Diego was about to be given a trial by famous English football club, Chelsea. These rumors were quashed that any contact was made by Chelsea giving him a trial.^[2] The young Bolivian did make his way to Europe and in late November was signed by Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.^[3][4]

International career

During January 2009, Suárez played in the South American Youth Championship for the Bolivian U-20 team, later in the year, he joined the Bolivian U-17 squad in Chile for the FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifiers.

Notes

1. ^ Playerhistory Profile
2. ^ [1] fifa.com, 23 March 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007
3. ^ [2] football.ua, 24 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007 (Ukrainian)
4. ^ [3] eldiario.net, 24 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007 (English) (translated from Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Suarez, Diego Orlando
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 October 1992
Place of birth	Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia
Date of death
Place of death