Javi Suárez

Francisco Javier "Javi" Suárez Lizano (born 31 January 1976) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current assistant manager of Real Zaragoza.

Javi Suárez

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Suárez Lizano
Date of birth	(1976-01-31) 31 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Zaragoza (assistant)
Youth career
	Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Zaragoza B	98	(3)
1998	Zaragoza	2	(0)
1998–1999	Numancia	9	(1)
1999–2000	Binéfar	32	(1)
2000–2003	Cultural Leonesa	100	(12)
2003–2004	Logroñés	36	(2)
2004–2005	Recreación	34	(0)
2005–2006	Sant Andreu	35	(6)
2006–2007	Huesca	37	(3)
2007–2009	Granada	66	(9)
2009–2010	Ejea
2010–2011	La Muela	35	(5)
2011–2012	Sariñena
Total		484	(42)
International career
2006	Aragon	1	(1)
Managerial career
2017	Zaragoza B
2019	Ejea
2020–	Zaragoza (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Lizano.

Club career

A Real Zaragoza youth graduate, Zaragoza-born Suárez made his professional debuts with its B-side in 1994. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 23 February 1998, coming on as a late substitute for Jesús García Sanjuán in a 1–2 away loss against Atlético Madrid.

Suárez moved to Segunda División side CD Numancia in July 1998, but was rarely used. He still managed to score his first professional goal for the side on 24 January 1999, netting his team's second in a 2–3 loss at Recreativo de Huelva.

Suárez would subsequently resume his career in Segunda División B and Tercera División, representing CD Binéfar, Cultural Leonesa, CD Logroñés, CD Recreación, UE Sant Andreu, SD Huesca, Granada CF, SD Ejea,^[1] CD La Muela and CD Sariñena; he retired with the latter in 2012, at the age of 36. At international level, he scored a last-minute winner for Aragon in a 1–0 friendly home win against Chile.^[2]

On 20 March 2017, as former Zaragoza teammate César Láinez was named manager of the first team, Suárez was appointed at the helm of the B-side in the fourth division.^[3] He left the club in June, after Láinez returned to the B-team.^[4]

On 25 June 2019, Suárez was appointed manager of third division side SD Ejea,^[5] but was sacked on 21 December after winning only six points out of 27.^[6] He returned to Zaragoza on 9 November of the following year, as Iván Martínez's assistant in the main squad.^[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 10 November 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Zaragoza B		20 March 2017	11 June 2017	10	6	2	2	23	6	+17	060.00	[8]
Ejea		25 June 2019	21 December 2019	18	5	5	8	21	23	−2	027.78	[9]
Total				28	11	7	10	44	31	+13	039.29	—