Jorge Suárez Landaverde

This is about the football player. For the Puerto Rican politician, see Jorge Suárez Cáceres.
Jorge Suárez
Personal information
Full name Jorge Suárez Landaverde
Date of birth (1945-04-17)17 April 1945
Place of birth Metapán, El Salvador
Date of death 12 January 1997(1997-01-12) (aged 51)
Place of death El Salvador
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Atlético Fuentes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Isidro Menéndez
1966–1970 Sonsonate
1970[1] Atlante San Alejo
1971–1973 FAS
1974 San Miguel
1975–1978 Once Municipal
1978–1979 Águila
1979–1981 Xelajú MC
1981–1982 Once Lobos
National team
El Salvador
Teams managed
1987–1989 Isidro Metapán

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Landaverde.

Jorge Suárez Landaverde (17 April 1945 – 12 January 1997) was a former Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

Nicknamed El Calero, he is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers El Salvador has ever produced.[2] He played for several clubs in El Salvador and made his debut at the highest level with FAS in 1972.

The Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez was named after him on 27 September 1996, just three months prior to his death to cancer.

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