Geni | |
Fullname: | Eugenio Suárez Santos |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1980 |
Birth Place: | Gijón, Spain |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | Avilés |
Youthclubs2: | Oviedo |
Years1: | 1998–2000 |
Years2: | 1999–2003 |
Years3: | 2003–2006 |
Years4: | 2006–2009 |
Years5: | 2009–2012 |
Years6: | 2012–2015 |
Years7: | 2015–2017 |
Clubs5: | Alavés |
Clubs6: | Avilés |
Clubs7: | Marino |
Caps1: | 42 |
Caps2: | 89 |
Caps3: | 100 |
Caps4: | 108 |
Caps5: | 102 |
Caps6: | 97 |
Caps7: | 35 |
Totalcaps: | 573 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Goals2: | 17 |
Goals3: | 26 |
Goals4: | 27 |
Goals5: | 21 |
Goals6: | 11 |
Goals7: | 11 |
Totalgoals: | 114 |
Eugenio Suárez Santos (born 4 February 1980), known as Geni, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Gijón, Asturias, Geni emerged through neighbours Real Oviedo's youth system, making his first-team debut not yet aged 19 as the club was then in La Liga.[1] Definitely promoted to the main squad in 2000, he would see them drop two tiers in only two years.[2]
Geni then moved to Rayo Vallecano of Segunda División, playing 30 total games without scoring in his first season, which ended in another relegation,[3] and leaving in 2006 to another side in the Segunda División B, Real Jaén, where he appeared and scored regularly.[4]
In summer 2009, Geni signed for Deportivo Alavés, with the Basques in division three.[4] He continued competing there until the end of the 2014–15 campaign, also representing Real Avilés CF.[5]
Geni's younger brother, Alberto, was also a footballer. He spent the vast majority of his career in the third tier.[6]