Patrick Suffo

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Patrick Suffo
Personal information
Date of birth	January 17, 1978 (1978-01-17) (age 30)
Place of birth	Ebolowa, Cameroon
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	UD Puertollano
Youth clubs
1995 1995–1996 1996–1997	Tonnerre Yaoundé Nantes → Barcelona (loan)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2005 2005 2005 2006–2007 2007– 2008–	FC Nantes Atlantique Sheffield United CD Numancia Al-Hilal Coventry City Dubai Club Odd Grenland Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. Ashdod UD Puertollano	30 (4) 36 (5) 23 (6) - (-) 48 (10) - (-) 11 (4) 37 (7) 1 (1)
National team2
	Cameroon	2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Cameroon
Men's Football
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

Patrick Suffo (born January 17, 1978 in Ebolowa, Cameroon) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish side UD Puertollano.

[edit] Career

As of October 2005 he has played 47 international matches for the Cameroon national team, won the gold medal for football at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia and played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

He has played in France, England, Spain and the U.A.E. before joining Norwegian team Odd Grenland in 2005. His form immediately helped Odd Grenland climb away from the relegation zone. In October of that year he was supposed to sign a contract with rivals, Vålerenga, but he didn't. During February 2006 he signed a short-term contract with Israeli team Maccabi Petah Tikva but was subsequently released at the end of this period.

His career has been littered with disciplinary problems; whilst at French club Nantes he was banned from playing for eight months for lashing out at a referee.

At Sheffield United he was told that he had no future with them after his part in a 21-man mass brawl during the First Division game dubbed as the Battle of Bramall Lane against West Bromwich Albion on March 18, 2002. This game had to be abandoned as Sheffield United were reduced to six players due to three red cards and two injuries. Suffo was one of the three who were sent off as he head-butted one of the opposition players. Suffo was sent to Spanish Second Division side Numancia on loan for the remainder of the season.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Patrick Suffo career stats at Soccerbase
• (Dutch) Voetbal International

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