Roberto "Róber" Suárez Pier (born 16 February 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

Club career

Deportivo

Born in

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, Pier was a youth product of

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

. He made his debut as a senior with their reserves in 2012, spending several years with the side in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. Pier made his competitive debut for the first team on 2 December 2015, starting in a 2–1 away win against

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in the round of 32 of the

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. His first match in

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took place on 12 March 2016, when he came on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 3–0 away loss to

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Levante

On 6 July 2016, Pier was loaned to Segunda División club

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for one year. He scored his first professional goal the following 13 May, his team's second in the 2–1 home victory over

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. On 2 August 2017, after achieving top-tier promotion as champions, Pier renewed with Deportivo until 2020 and immediately returned to Levante on a one-year loan deal. The following 7 July, the move was extended for a further

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. Pier signed a permanent four-year contract at the

Estadi Ciutat de València Estadi Ciutat de València (; es, Estadio Ciudad de Valencia ; en, City of Valencia Stadium) is a football stadium in Valencia and is the home ground of Levante UD. Built in 1969 and holding up to 26,354 spectators, it is the 23rd-largest stadiu ...

on 2 September 2019.

Sporting Gijón

On 1 August 2023,

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Pier agreed to a two-year deal with

in the second division.

Honours

Levante * Segunda División: 2016–17

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pier, Rober 1995 births Living people People from A Coruña (comarca) Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of A Coruña Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Deportivo de La Coruña players Levante UD footballers Sporting de Gijón players