Jonathan Suárez Cortés

Jonathan Suárez Cortés (born February 22, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Orlando City of Major League Soccer, on loan from Querétaro.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.
Jonathan Suárez
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Suárez Cortés
Date of birth (1997-02-22) February 22, 1997
Place of birth Anaheim, California, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Orlando City
(on loan from Querétaro)
Youth career
2015 Dock Sud
2015 Freamunde
2016–2017 Querétaro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Querétaro 13 (0)
2018 → Cimarrones de Sonora (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2021 → Pumas Tabasco (loan) 19 (0)
2021– → Orlando City (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 United States U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 3, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 7, 2016

Early years

Suárez prepped at Fontana High School. He played as a forward for the school's soccer team, scoring 44 goals and 26 assists in 21 games as a senior to help win the Sunkist League title and was voted HS GameTime Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2015. His 44 goal season broke the school scoring record previously set by future MLS great and United States international, Ante Razov.[1]

Club career

Following the final CIF game of the season, Suárez left school in April 2015 to sign with Dock Sud, a professional side in Argentina's third division.[2] In July 2015, he moved to Portugal for a brief stint at second-tier Freamunde before signing with Liga MX side Querétaro in January 2016. Suárez began playing with the club's under-20 team, scoring 4 goals in 27 appearances.[3]

In January 2018, Suárez joined Ascenso MX team Cimarrones de Sonora on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. He made his senior debut on January 9, 2018 as a 65th-minute substitute in a 3–0 Copa MX defeat to Atlético Morelia. He made his league debut for the team 11 days later, starting and playing 77 minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Atlético Zacatepec. Playing mostly as a winger, he made 15 appearances in all competitions for Sonora and scored one goal, the only goal in a 1–0 win over Celaya on January 26, 2018.[3]

Upon his return to Querétaro, Suárez was left out of the first six Liga MX matchday squads but made his debut for the club as a 55th-minute substitute on August 1, 2018, in a 2–1 Copa MX defeat to Club León. He made his top-flight debut on August 26, 2018 in the 83rd-minute of a 2–0 win over Lobos BUAP. During the season he played a total of 342 minutes in 10 appearances for the first-team. He made a further 10 appearances for a combined 550 minutes in all competitions in the 2019–20 season.

With game time limited, Suárez joined U.N.A.M. on loan and was assigned to Pumas Tabasco, the club's Liga de Expansión MX affiliate for the 2020–21 season. He made 19 appearances including 18 starts, predominately at left-back or defensive midfield, and was an unused substitute for U.N.A.M. first-team on four occasions.[4]

In February 2021, Suárez cut his Pumas loan short after he had the opportunity to join MLS side Orlando City on a season-long loan ahead of the 2021 campaign.[5][6]

International

In October 2016, Suárez was called up to the United States under-20 for the Four Nations invitational tournament held in England. He made one appearance as a substitute in a 5–3 defeat to the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club
As of February 3, 2021.[7]
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Querétaro 2017–18 Liga MX 0000—00
2018–19 8020—100
2019–20 5050—100
Total 1307000200
Cimarrones de Sonora (loan) 2017–18 Ascenso MX 12130—151
Pumas Tabasco (loan) 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX 19000—190
Orlando City (loan) 2021 MLS 00000000
Career total 44110000541

References
  1. "Fontana's Suarez is Player of the Year". Press Enterprise. April 17, 2015.
  2. "Fontana's Jonathan Suarez leads the All-Sun team". San Bernardino Sun. March 31, 2015.
  3. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". ligamx.net.
  4. "Jonathan Suárez es dado de baja en Pumas Tabasco". Diario Presente.
  5. "Orlando City SC Acquires American Defender Jonathan Suárez". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  6. "Alejandro Pérez Macías, conforme con el funcionamiento de Pumas Tabasco". Dale Pumas (in Spanish).
  7. "Jonathan Suárez - Soccerway". Soccerway.
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