Matías Succar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Matías Succar Cañote | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza Lima | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Country Club Villa | ||
| 2010–2013 | Cantolao San Borja | ||
| 2013–2015 | Academia Cantolao | ||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Deportivo Municipal | 49 | (14) |
| 2018–2019 | → Unión Comercio (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | LASK | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Juniors OÖ (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Teplice (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 66 | (18) |
| 2024– | Alianza Lima | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Peru U23 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:35, 21 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Juan Matías Succar Cañote (born 16 February 1999) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian club Alianza Lima.
Club career
[edit]Youth career
[edit]Succar started as a goalkeeper in 2006 at Country Club Villa, in the Chorrillos District of his hometown Lima, Peru.[2] He then moved to changed position to left-back, and then a left midfielder, before joining Cantolao San Borja.[2][3] Aged 14, he moved to Academia Cantolao where he became a striker.[4] He didn't play much, and left football for one year.[2] Succar returned to play when he was 16 year old and scored 26 goals in his first season.[2]
Deportivo Municipal
[edit]In 2016, 17-year old Succar joined Deportivo Municipal, where he began playing for the clubs reserve team.[5]
At the age of 18, Succar was promoted to the first team squad.[2] He made his senior debut on 28 October 2017, in a Peruvian Primera División game against Universidad de San Martín, where his older brother Alexander was in the starting lineup for the opponents.[6] Matías Succar started on the bench, but replaced Rodrigo Cuba after 68 minutes, the same minute his brother was subbed off. The game was his first and last of season. The following season, Succar played six games.
Loan to Unión Comercio
[edit]In the search of more continuity, Succar was loaned out to Unión Comercio for the 2018 season. The deal was later extended until the summer 2019. He then returned to Municipal after 25 games and five goals for Comercio.
Return to Deportivo Municipal
[edit]After returning to Municipal, Succar found more continuity, scoring three important goals in 16 games, to help save Municipal from relegation.[7] From the 2020 season, he became a regular starter and scored five goals in his first 10 league games.
LASK and Juniors OÖ
[edit]On 12 January 2021, Succar moved to Austrian Football Bundesliga club LASK on a deal until June 2024.[8] He made his debut for their reserve team, Juniors OÖ, in the Second League, as a 78th-minute substitute against Horn.[9]
Teplice
[edit]On 7 September 2021, he joined Teplice in the Czech Republic on loan for the 2021–22 season.[10]
Carlos A. Mannucci
[edit]On 5 July 2022, he signed for Peruvian club Carlos A. Mannucci.[11]
Alianza Lima
[edit]In July 2024, Matías Succar joined Alianza Lima on a contract until the end of 2027.[12]
International career
[edit]Born in Peru, Succar is of Lebanese descent and is eligible to be selected for the Peru national team and the Lebanon national team.[13] He's also available to represent the United States due to his father's American nationality.[14]
In September 2019, Matías and his older brother, Alexander, were contacted by the Lebanese Football Association to play for Lebanon in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[15] However, they refused the call-up.[16] In June 2020, Succar revealed his intentions to fight for a place on the Peruvian national team.[16]
At the end of August 2020, Succar was on the list of those summoned to the training sessions of the Peru national team.[17] Previously, had been part of a few training sessions for the under-18 and under-20 teams.[3][16]
Personal life
[edit]Succar's paternal great grandparents immigrated to Peru from Lebanon by boat.[2] They were originally from Bsharri, Lebanon.[18] Matías's older brother, Alexander, is also a professional footballer.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Matías Succar". LASK. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Matías Succar: “Para destacar tienes que trabajar más de lo normal”, once.pe, 30 August 2020
- ^ a b Matías Succar, un ‘9’ para el futuro: “Me gustaría que mi próximo paso sea jugar fuera del país”, depor.com, 6 May 2020
- ^ Copa Federación (99): Entrevista a Matias Succar de Cantolao, peru.com, 24 April 2014
- ^ Por el momento Succar es el único refuerzo en Unión Comercio, diariovoces.com.pe, 29 August 2018
- ^ UNIVERSIDAD SAN MARTÍN VS. DEPORTIVO MUNICIPAL 1 - 4, soccerway.com, 28 October 2017
- ^ Matías Succar, el joven héroe que salvó a Deportivo Municipal del descenso, elcomercio.pe, 26 November 2019
- ^ LASK VERPFLICHTET MITTELSTÜRMER MATÍAS SUCCAR, lask.at, 12 January 2021
- ^ "Matias Succar officially debuted in Austria with FC Juniors in the second division of Austrian football | FOOTBALL-PERUVIAN | Football24 News English". Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "DVA ZAHRANIČNÍ HRÁČI POSÍLÍ FK TEPLICE" (in Czech). Teplice. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Futbolperuano.com, Axel Belapatiño- (5 July 2022). "Liga 1: Matías Succar será nuevo delantero de Carlos Mannucci para el Torneo Clausura". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish).
- ^ Otro refuerzo para Alejandro Restrepo: Alianza Lima oficializó a Matías Succar, espn.com.pe, 17 July 2024
- ^ PERU21, Redacción (28 May 2017). "Alexander Succar: "Una vez un entrenador me dijo que el fútbol es para los pobres" [ENTREVISTA]".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "El día que los hermanos Alexander Succar y Matías Succar fueron contactados por Libano para jugar las eliminatorias rumbo a Qatar 2022 (FOTO) | Universitario | Deportivo Municipal | FUTBOL-PERUANO". El Bocón (in Spanish). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b Selección de Líbano tentó a Alexander Succar para que juegue las Eliminatorias, libero.pe, 4 February 2020
- ^ a b c Matías Succar, el delantero que sigue Ricardo Gareca para la Selección Peruana, rpp.pe, 11 June 2020
- ^ Matías Succar: "Voy a aprender mucho de Jefferson Farfán al compartir con él en la Selección", rpp.pe, 2 September 2020
- ^ "مجلس الوزراء يقرّر إعادة الجنسية اللبنانيّة للّاعب البيروفي ألكسندر سكر | النهار".
External links
[edit]- Matías Succar at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Footballers from Lima
- Peruvian men's footballers
- 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen
- Peruvian people of Lebanese descent
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Academia Deportiva Cantolao players
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Unión Comercio footballers
- LASK players
- FC Juniors OÖ players
- FK Teplice players
- Carlos A. Mannucci players
- Club Alianza Lima footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Czech First League players
- Peruvian expatriate men's footballers
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic