Jeffrén Suárez

Jeffrén (left), along with Éric Abidal and Bojan

Isaac Suárez Bermúdez Jeffrén (* 20 January 1988 in Ciudad Bolívar ), short Jeffrén or Jeffrén Suárez, is a Spanish football player with Venezuelan background, who currently plays as a winger at Sporting Lisbon.

Association

Jeffrén was in season 2006/07, made ​​his professional debut for FC Barcelona in the Cup match against CF Badalona as a substitute for Javier Saviola. In the 2007 /08 season he helped FC Barcelona B coach Josep Guardiola at the rise of the Tercera División Segunda División in the example He scored five goals in 30 games.

In the 2008 /09 season he played his first league game for the first team of Barcelona on the 36th Gameday at the 1-2 defeat at RCD Mallorca. His first league goal he scored in his tenth league game on April 3, 2010, it was 1-0 with a 4-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao.

On February 10, 2010 Jeffrén extended his contract with Barca until 2012. The exit clause was 10 million euros. In the Clásico against Real Madrid on 29 November 2010, he scored the goal for 5-0.

In August 2011 Jeffrén for Sporting Lisbon. He signed a five- year contract until 30 June 2016 and cost 3.75 million euros transfer fee.

National

In 2007 he received the opportunity to participate with the national team of Venezuela at the Copa América 2007, but refused. He did not so decide quickly whether he runs in the future for the Venezuelan national team or the Spanish national team.

Achievements

• Spanish Champion: 2009, 2010, 2011
• Spanish Super Cup Winners: 2009
• UEFA Super Cup winner: 2009
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009
• Champions League winner: 2011

• U-19 European Championship: 2006
• U-21 European Championship: 2011