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Matías Succar

Matías Succar

Peruvian footballer (born 1999)


Juan Matías Succar Cañote (born 16 February 1999) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian club Carlos A. Mannucci.

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Club career

Youth career

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

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

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

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

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

On 7 September 2021, he joined Teplice in the Czech Republic on loan for the 2021–22 season.[10]

Carlos A. Mannucci

On 5 July 2022, he signed for Peruvian club Carlos A. Mannucci.[11]

International career

Born in Peru, Succar is of Lebanese descent and is eligible to be selected for the Peru national team and the Lebanon national team.[12] He's also available to represent the United States due to his father's American nationality.[13]

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.[14] However, they refused the call-up.[15] In June 2020, Succar revealed his intentions to fight for a place on the Peruvian national team.[15]

At the end of August 2020, Succar was on the list of those summoned to the training sessions of the Peru national team.[16] Previously, had been part of a few training sessions for the under-18 and under-20 teams.[3][15]

Personal life

Succar's paternal great grandparents immigrated to Peru from Lebanon by boat.[2] They were originally from Bsharri, Lebanon.[17] Matías's older brother, Alexander, is also a professional footballer.[18]


References

  1. "Matías Succar". LASK. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. "DVA ZAHRANIČNÍ HRÁČI POSÍLÍ FK TEPLICE" (in Czech). Teplice. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. 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).
  4. 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)

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