David Suazo – A Honduran Pride
David Suazo was born in November 5, 1979 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. When he was younger, he played in Olimpia which is the major soccer team in Honduras. His first game was against another Honduran team Motagua and he scored a goal. He ended the season with 4 scored goals in 1o games. By the time he was 20 years old, he had a starting spot in Olimpia. He participated in the Corea Japon 2002 World Cup , Alemania 2006 World Cup and the CONCACAF in 2000. He also played in the Copa America in Columbia in 2001.After going to the Olimpic Games in Sydney playing with Nigeria in 1999, an italian coach was impressed by him and took him to Italy to play in Cagliari(Italian soccer team). During Suazo’s time playing with that team, he attended to 113 matches and scored 40 goals. After this, he was nicknamed La Pantera( The Panther) and El Rey David(King David). In 2006, King David played in another season with Cagliari, he scored 23 goals out of 37 games breaking historic Gigi Riva’s record.After this he became the captain and leader of the team. Later, Suazo was given the Serie A Award for Best Foreign Player and shared it with brazilian player, Kaka. He aso received the award of the most goals scored in a season in Cagliari in 2006.Many famous teams like Juventus, Manchester United, AC Milan, Inter de Milan, Sevilla de España, and many more wanted him in their teams but Massimo Cellini( cagliari coach) considered Suazo too valuable to sell. Finally Massimo decided that he couldn’t hold Suazo back so he let him go. In 2007, he joined the Inter Milan team with a deal of €10 million. He has a contract know with Inter Milan for the next three seasons. With Inter Milan, Suazo is going to play in the UEFA Champions League and the Serie A of Italy. Sauzo is currently playing as a forward player and the first Honduran player that plays in this team.
