Alexander Nasim Succar Cañote (born 12 August 1995) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as a striker for Peruvian club Universidad César Vallejo and the Peru national team.

Club career

Succar played in the youth ranks of

Academia Cantolao Academia Deportiva Cantolao is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Callao, Peru. However, the club is mostly known for its youth academy. Their football academy is considered one of the best in Peru. Academia Cantolao has educated many pl ...

. In January 2014, he was signed by

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...

. During the 2015 Apertura phase, due to an excess of forwards in the squad, he was loaned to

Cienciano Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...

, where he scored 3 goals. Succar then returned to Cristal, where he played the Clausura and the Playoffs phases, ultimately losing in the final against F.B.C. Melgar. He played the Apertura phase of the 2016 season with Cristal and was loaned to Universidad San Martín for the Clausura, where he kept a good performance under manager

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. At the end of the season, Succar's loan was extended for another year with the objective of gaining more playing time. He scored a total of 21 goals during his time with San Martín. In January 2025, Succar joined Universidad César Vallejo in the

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International career

Born in Peru, Succar is of Lebanese descent and is eligible to be selected for the Peru national team and the Lebanon national team. He's also available to represent the

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due to his father's American nationality.

Peru

Succar made his international debut for

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on 6 June 2017, in a

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against

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, winning 1–0.

Lebanon

In September 2019, Alexander and his brother

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were contacted by the

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to play for Lebanon in the

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due to their Lebanese descent.Selección de Líbano tentó a Alexander Succar para que juegue las Eliminatorias
libero.pe, 4 February 2020 However, they refused the call-up.Matías Succar, el delantero que sigue Ricardo Gareca para la Selección Peruana
rpp.pe, 11 June 2020 On 7 September 2023, Succar acquired Lebanese citizenship in order to play for the Lebanon national team. Despite having been called up to play for Lebanon in a friendly against the

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on 17 October 2023, Succar's club

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

refused to release the player due to safety concerns regarding the

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in the region.

Personal life

Succar's paternal great grandparents immigrated to Peru from Lebanon by boat.Matías Succar: “Para destacar tienes que trabajar más de lo normal”
once.pe, 30 August 2020 They were originally from

Bsharri Bsharri ( ''Bšarrī''; also romanized ''Becharre'', ''Bcharre'', ''Bsharre'', ''Bcharre Al Arz'') is a Lebanese town located in the district of the same name, North Governorate, situated at altitudes between and . Bsharri is the location o ...

, Lebanon. Alexander's younger brother,

, is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Sporting Cristal *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Universitario de Deportes *Peruvian Primera División:

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* * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sporting Cristal footballers Cienciano footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players FC Sion players Huachipato FC footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo footballers Peruvian Primera División players Swiss Super League players Chilean Primera División players Peruvian Segunda División players Peru men's youth international footballers Peru men's under-20 international footballers Peru men's international footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Chile {{Peru-footy-forward-stub