Patrick Suffo

Infobox Football biography
playername = Patrick Suffo


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|01|17
cityofbirth = flagicon|Cameroon Ebolowa
countryofbirth = Cameroon
height =
position = Striker
currentclub = unattached
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1995 1995–1996 1996–1997
youthclubs = Tonnerre Yaoundé Nantes → Barcelona (loan)
years = 1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2005 2005 2005 2006–2007 2007– 2008–
clubs = FC Nantes Atlantique Sheffield United CD Numancia Al-Hilal Coventry City Dubai Club Odd Grenland Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. Ashdod UD Puertollano
caps(goals) = 30 (4) 36 (5) 23 (6) - (-) 48 (10) - (-) 11 (4) 37 (7) 1 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Flagicon|Cameroon Cameroon
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate = 31 May, 2007
ntupdate = 31 May, 2007

Patrick Suffo (born January 17, 1978 in Ebolowa, Cameroon) is a footballer who plays as a striker.He is currently on trial at Walsall FC

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 did not. 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.Suffo is now on trial at Walsall FC

On 22nd July 2008, Suffo featured in a pre-season friendly for League One side Walsall against Aston Villa. He scored in this game to add to the two goals he notched the previous week in a game against Worcester. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/7521303.stm "Suffo on trial at Bescot"] BBC Sport 2008-07-23. Retrieved on 2008-07-23]

References

External links

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* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=40990/typeofpage=40054/sc=7ed1b2 Voetbal International]

Persondata
NAME=Suffo, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=17 January, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ebolowa, Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=