Suso (footballer)

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Sáenz de la Torre.

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For other people named Suso, see Suso (disambiguation).

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Suso
Close-up of a young man with brown hair, wearing a Liverpool-branded white training vest over a red tracksuit top
Suso with Liverpool in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáenz de la Torre[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Cádiz, Spain
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Milan
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2010 Cádiz
2010–2012 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Liverpool 14 (0)
2013–2014 → Almería (loan) 33 (3)
2015– Milan 6 (0)
2016 → Genoa (loan) 19 (6)
International career
2009–2010 Spain U17 7 (5)
2011–2012 Spain U18 5 (0)
2012 Spain U19 9 (1)
2013 Spain U20 8 (1)
2012–2013 Spain U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2016

Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáenz de la Torre (born 19 November 1993), known as Suso, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Italian club Genoa on loan from Milan as an attacking midfielder.

Scouted by English club Liverpool as a teenager, he made his professional debut there in 2012, playing sparingly and spending a season on loan at Almería before joining Milan in January 2015.

Suso represented Spain at various youth levels up to under-21, winning the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Early years

Born in Cádiz, Suso joined the youth team at Cádiz CF at the age of 12. He first began to gather attention after a man of the match performance in a pre-season friendly in 2009 at the age of 15. Suso went on to sign for the Liverpool Academy in the summer of 2010 from his hometown club Cádiz, rejecting Barcelona and Real Madrid in the process, saying, "I was going to sign for Real Madrid but one day before it the phone rang and Rafa Benítez spoke to me. He convinced me that Liverpool was the club for me and after that I had to change my plans. I was going to come to Liverpool." He was described by Cádiz manager Quique González as "a boy with great quality, a good shot – his vision is great and his passing is outstanding."

Club career

Liverpool

Suso initially joined the Liverpool Academy on loan until he was old enough to obtain a permit to play for them professionally. On 19 November 2010, he marked his 17th birthday by signing his first professional contract with the Reds.[3][4] Suso made his first appearance for the first team in a pre-season friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 August 2010, also playing in Jamie Carragher's testimonial match on 4 September. For competitive fixtures, however, he was immediately placed in the reserves, foregoing the Academy. In the 2010–11 season, he made the joint-highest number of appearances for the side with 17, and netted three goals as he adapted well to life on Merseyside. He followed this up with five goals in 17 games during the 2011–12 season, and he also made seven appearances in the NextGen Series.

Suso was included in the squad for Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States and Canada in July 2012 by new manager Brendan Rodgers. He linked up with his teammates just two days after winning the U-19 European Championships with Spain. He appeared in the second half of the friendly match against Toronto FC and impressed greatly with his all-round dangerous play and impressive shooting.

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Suso on the ball for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly against Roma in July 2012

On 20 September 2012, Suso made his senior Liverpool debut in a Europa League match against Young Boys, completing the full 90 minutes and earning a rave review from Brendan Rodgers. He made his Premier League debut three days later against Manchester United in a 1–2 defeat at Anfield, replacing the injured Fabio Borini at half-time. He performed impressively, completing all his passes despite Liverpool being a man down. He then played in the next game against West Bromwich Albion six days later in the League Cup, coming on with ten minutes to play and making an immediate impact by helping set up Nuri Şahin's second goal in a 2–1 win. He went on to make his first Premier League start on 29 September in a 2–5 win at Norwich City, where he assisted Luis Suárez's third goal.[5]

On 19 October 2012, Suso signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, receiving praise from manager Brendan Rodgers for his "maturity and commitment."[6]

On 18 December 2012, Suso was fined £10,000 for a remark he made to Liverpool teammate and compatriot José Enrique on Twitter, which The Football Association (FA) deemed homophobic.[7] José Enrique replied to these charges, saying the remark was "banter" and "just a joke."[8]

On 25 February 2013, after being shut-out of the first team due to the signings of Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, Suso put in a performance for the under-21 team against Manchester United. His performance was not good and he acknowledged that on his Twitter account, he tweeted "Sorry about tonight.. I was having some stomach problems during all game but i [sic] didn't want to come off of the game... Again sorry!" The game finished 1–0 to United against a very strong Liverpool side that included Raheem Sterling, Andre Wisdom and Jonjo Shelvey.[9]

Almería (loan)

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Suso (center) playing for Almería against Atlético Madrid in September 2013

On 12 July 2013, Suso joined La Liga side Almería on a season-long loan deal.[10] He made his debut for the Andalusians on 19 August, assisting Rodri's goal in an eventual 2–3 home loss against Villarreal.[11] In the following matchday, he also assisted Rodri in a 2–2 away draw against Getafe.

On 21 September, Suso scored his first top flight goal in a 2–2 home draw against Levante.[12] On 30 October, he helped his side end a wretched run of five successive defeats, assisting Marco Torsiglieri in a 1–2 away success over Valencia.[13]

On 2 November, Suso assisted Rodri by putting a cross into the six-yard box that was converted by the forward, who slid to meet the ball. It was the match's only goal (although highly-controversial) in a home win over Real Valladolid.[14] Late in the month, Suso scored his second goal for the Andalusians, his team's only marker in a 3–1 away loss against Celta de Vigo,[15] but was also fined for missing training due to oversleeping.[16]

Suso was then dropped to the bench in the following matches against Real Betis, Granada, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal, only returning to the starting lineup on 26 January of the following year, assisting Jonathan Zongo in the game's only goal against Getafe.[17]

Return to Liverpool

Suso was first recalled to a Liverpool matchday squad as they began their Champions League campaign on 16 September 2014 with a 2–1 win over Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad, though he went unused.[18] A week later, in a League Cup third round match against Middlesbrough at Anfield, he replaced Lazar Marković in the 98th minute and scored his first goal for the club 11 minutes later in a 2–2 draw after extra time. He also scored twice in the subsequent penalty shoot-out, including the winner, as Liverpool won 14–13.[19]

Milan

On 12 January 2015, Suso signed a four-year deal with Italian club Milan, effective upon the expiration of his contract with Liverpool, which ended in July 2015.[20] It was later agreed, however, that he would join the Rossoneri immediately after Riccardo Saponara joined Empoli on loan until the end of the season. Due to the early cancellation of Suso's Liverpool contract, Milan paid a €1.3 million compensatory fee to Liverpool.[citation needed]

Suso made his debut on 27 January in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, replacing Michelangelo Albertazzi for the last ten minutes of a 0–1 home defeat against Lazio.[21] Suso's Serie A debut came on 4 April, coming on alongside Gianpaolo Pazzini in place of Alessio Cerci and Mattia Destro in the 77th minute of a 1–2 win away at Palermo.[22]

Genoa (loan)

On 4 January 2016, Suso joined Genoa on loan until the end of the season after only appearing once in the campaign for Milan. Upon his arrival he was given the number 17 jersey.[23] On 3 April, after only one goal in his previous 12 games, he scored his first hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Frosinone at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.[24] He became only the second Spaniard to score three goals in a game in Italy's top flight, after Luis Suárez for Inter Milan against Genoa in 1963.[25]

International career

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Suso in action with Spain under-19 in 2012

Suso has represented Spain at U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level. In 2012, Suso started every game during the U-19 European Championships, where he won his first international honour.[26] He was also captain of the Spain under-20 side that competed in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours

Spain U19

References

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  26. ↑ On 9 October 2012, Suso received his first call up to Spain U21 for their game against Italy. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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