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David Suazo Biography

Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979 in San Pedro Sula) is a Honduras football (soccer), who currently plays as a striker for S.L. Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal.

He was a member of the Honduran squad that competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He is the cousin of Maynor Suazo and Hendry Thomas.

Club career

Early career

Suazo also was able to develop alongside his cousin, Maynor Suazo, who also serves for the Honduran national team. David Suazo took his first steps at Club Deportivo Olimpia Reservas and later went on to play at the Liga Bancaria. After his participation in 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held at Nigeria, he was acquired by domestic club team Club Deportivo Olimpia. Suazo continued to impress playing for Olimpia's youth system under the coaching of Angel Ramon Paz (Mon Paz) and earned a spot on the top squad before turning 20 years old.

Cagliari

Oscar Tabarez, then coach of the Italian side Cagliari, was impressed by Suazo's performance and did not hesitate in bringing him across the Atlantic.

Suazo joined Cagliari Calcio and Serie A for the 1999–00 season . In his first season with the team, he scored one goal in 13 appearances. At the end of the 1999–00 season, Cagliari were relegated to Serie B, where they would remain until the 2003–04 season.

In their four years in Serie B, Suazo played 113 matches and scored 40 goals for the club. His scoring efficiency was impressive enough for him to earn the nickname La Pantera (the Panther). Suazo's time in Serie B provided him with great experience which would help ease his transition into more difficult competition at the top of the Italian league.

In the 2004–05 season at Serie A, Suazo scored seven goals in 22 matches in a 4-3-3 schema in which he performed as a reserve behind Gianfranco Zola, Mauro Esposito, and Antonio Langella. Suazo's scoring proved vital in helping Cagliari avoid relegation and impressed top clubs across Europe despite only scoring six goals. In 2006, he became a starter for Cagliari and scored 22 goals in the Serie A. For his play that season Suazo was honored with the Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year, which he shared with Brazilian playmaker Kaká. In 2007, he continued with his great play for Cagliari, where he scored 18 more goals in the Serie A championship and single-handedly saved Cagliari from descent to Serie B.

Internazionale Milano

On June 13 2007, reports arose that Suazo had agreed on terms with Serie A champions F.C. Internazionale Milano on a deal worth €10 million. Six days later, though, crosstown rival and European champions A.C. Milan announced that they themselves had acquired Suazo for the same monetary amount.

While Milan claimed they had successfully negotiated with Cagliari, the letter was confirmed by Cagliari president Massimo Cellino, who denied having made any contact with Moratti regarding the matter. Meanwhile, one of Suazo's agents, Carlo Pallavicino, added to the confusion by saying, "Suazo has not had any contact with Milan and he still has not given his consent to the transfer. It was later announced that Suazo was confirmed with Inter after Milan officially withdraw their contract offer. Since Suazo himself wanted to keep his initial agreement with Inter. "It was an issue of respect. The Rossoneri understood that I had a promise with coach Roberto Mancini, Marco Branca and president Massimo Moratti.". he was in fact free to join Inter for a fee of £9.4 million. He scored his first goal against Genoa C.F.C and made a total of eight goals throughout his first season with the nerazzurri.

SL Benfica

His unimpressive form with the nerazzurri, together with the breakthrough of youngster Mario Balotelli into first team, reduced Suazo's hopes of performing in the first team. After being linked with a number of Serie A teams, he was announced on August 29, 2008 by the Portugal club S.L. Benfica in a season-long loan deal.

International career

Suazo's success at Olimpia made him a selection for the Honduran team participating in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held at Nigeria. While the Honduran team failed to impress in the tournament, losing all three of their games, Suazo, as team captain, scored two of their four goals.

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