Arico Suárez
Pedro Bonifacio Suárez Pérez, commonly known as Arico Suárez or Pedro Suárez (5 June 1908, in Gran Canaria, Spain – 18 April 1979, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), was a Spanish-Argentine football left half who played for Boca Juniors where he won five league championships and for the Argentina national team, including appearances at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, making him the only Canary Islander to play in the World Cup until Juan Carlos Valerón played the 2002 edition.
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Suárez with Boca Juniors c. 1936 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pedro Bonifacio Suárez Pérez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Brígida, Gran Canaria, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 April 1979 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-half | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1926–1930 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1942 | Boca Juniors | 311 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1940 | Argentina | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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