Cundi (footballer)

Cundi
Personal information
Full name	Secundino Suárez Vázquez
Date of birth	13 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Sotrondio, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Ensidesa
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1989	Sporting Gijón
1976–1977	→ Poblense (loan)
International career
1976	Spain amateur
1981	Spain B
1978–1981	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Secundino Suárez Vázquez (born 13 April 1955), known as Cundi, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left-back.

His professional career was intimately connected with Sporting de Gijón, which he represented for 15 years.^[1]

Club career

Born in Sotrondio, Asturias, Cundi spent his professional career almost entirely with local powerhouse Sporting de Gijón, save for a one-year loan spell with UD Poblense due to compulsory military service.^[2] From the age of 20 onwards he was an undisputed starter for the La Liga club, appearing in nearly 400 competitive games during his 15-year spell.^[1]

In the 1986–87 season, Cundi played 41 matches (3,549 minutes) for an eventual fourth-place finish. He did not receive one single red card during his career.

International career

Cundi earned nine caps for the Spain national team in two and a half years,^[1] and was selected for UEFA Euro 1980. His debut came on 4 October 1978 in a Euro 1980 qualifier against Yugoslavia (2–1 loss in Zagreb).

Personal life

Cundi's son, Rubén, was also a footballer. An attacking midfielder, he also started out at Sporting de Gijón.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Qué fue de... Cundi" [What happened to... Cundi] (in Spanish). La Liga. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ ""El Sporting no debe tener prisa con Canella y Cote"" [«Sporting must not hurry with Canella and Cote»]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ "Ruben Suárez, un debut tardío" [Ruben Suárez, a late debut] (in Spanish). Notas de Fútbol. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "Rubén, el hijo de Cundi, es la estrella" [Rubén, the son of Cundi, is the star]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 25 September 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

External links

Cundi at BDFutbol
Cundi at National-Football-Teams.com
Cundi – FIFA competition record (archived)
Cundi at EU-Football.info

[LIGA-1] "Qué fue de... Cundi" [What happened to... Cundi] (in Spanish). La Liga. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[2] ""El Sporting no debe tener prisa con Canella y Cote"" [«Sporting must not hurry with Canella and Cote»]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[3] "Ruben Suárez, un debut tardío" [Ruben Suárez, a late debut] (in Spanish). Notas de Fútbol. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[4] "Rubén, el hijo de Cundi, es la estrella" [Rubén, the son of Cundi, is the star]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 25 September 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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