Maynor René Suazo Antunez (born 10 August 1979) is a Honduran former professional

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who played as an

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. Maynor is the cousin of footballer

David Suazo Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...

and retired Honduran

Nicolás Suazo Nicolás Suazo Velásquez (born 9 January 1965) is a Honduran retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Nicknamed ''Nicogol'' because of his prolific goalscoring, Suazo played in Honduras for Independiente, Marath� ...

. Both played together at their school's football team. He is also

Hendry Thomas Hendry Bernardo Thomas Suazo (born 23 February 1985), also known as ''Buchuca'', is a Honduran former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Thomas has been described as displaying a "rugged approach driven by his ample physical gift ...

's cousin.

Club career

Maynor Suazo began his career with top Honduran side Marathón. His play with Marathón did not go unnoticed and in 2000 he was signed by

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. He quickly established himself in the

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appearing in 23 matches and scoring 1 goal in his first season at the club. For the 2002–03 season Suazo was loaned out to Honduran side Olimpia and helped the club capture the 2002–03 Apertura. He then returned to Salzburg and was once again an important player for the club. In 2004 Suazo was voted player of the year in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. On 31 March 2006, Suazo was loaned out to Norwegian side

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, in a deal lasting until June 2006. Brann also got the exclusive right to buy Suazo when the loan deal expired. They decided not to buy as Suazo only played 29 minutes in the

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, the team preferring local lad

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in defensive midfield. Suazo returned to Red Bull Salzburg after his loan deal with Brann expired. He believed he had a fair chance to gain a regular spot on the team, after

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was hired as new coach. However, in July 2006, Suazo was sold to the Turkish club

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in a deal worth €800,000. Suazo made his debut for Antalyaspor in a match versus

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on 6 August 2006. In his first season with the Turkish club he appeared in 27 league matches. On 31 July 2007, Suazo moved to 2. Bundesliga side

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signing a one-year loan deal with an option for a second season. He became the first Honduran to play in Germany. After initially being plagued by injuries during his season in Germany, Suazo became an important player in helping Köln gain promotion to the

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during the 2007–08 season. At the conclusion of the season Köln was interested in permanently acquiring Suazo, however

decided to retain him. Upon his return to Turkey Suazo did not appear to be in the clubs plans and also suffered a knee injury. He left the club when his contract expired in June 2009 and joined Real Juventud. During February 2010 he went on trial with

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. New York did not offer Suazo a contract. In September 2010 he moved abroad again to play for Panamese outfit Atletico Veragüense. In summer 2011 he left relegated

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for

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and in summer 2012 he was named a possible reinforcement for

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International career

Suazo played for the

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at the

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. He made his senior debut for

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in a May 1999

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against

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, a game in which

and

Julio César Suazo Julio César Suazo Bernárdez (born 5 October 1978) is a retired Honduran football defender. Club career Nicknamed ''Pungui'', Suazo came through the youth ranks at Victoria and moved to Europe in 2000 to play for SV Wüstenrot Salzburg alo ...

also made their international debuts. He has earned a total of 29 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 16

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matches and played at the

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. He has also played at the

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.Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 – Details
– RSSSF His final international was a September 2007 friendly match against

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Honours

Olimpia *

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: 2002–03 Apertura Individual *

Footballer of the Year: 2004

References

External links

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