Suco (footballer)

Suco
Personal information
Full name Andrés Parada Alvite
Date of birth (1938-09-27)27 September 1938
Place of birth Ribeira, Galicia, Spain
Date of death 24 July 2026(2026-07-24) (aged 87)
Place of death Ferrol, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Positions
Youth career
–1956 Atlético Ribeira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1959 Racing Ferrol 71 (21)
1959–1961 Barcelona 9 (1)
1961–1963 Racing Santander 47 (6)
1963–1966 Valencia 28 (2)
1966–1968 Deportivo La Coruña 23 (0)
1969 Arosa 12 (2)
Total 190 (32)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Parada Alvite (27 September 1938 – 24 July 2026), commonly known as Suco, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward and left winger.

Career

Suco started his football career with local side Atlético Ribeira, before joining Segunda División side Racing Ferrol in 1956, at the age of 18. In November 1959, he joined Barcelona, spending two seasons there before joining Racing Santander.[2]

In 1963, at the age of 25, he joined Valencia. His first goal for the club came on the second matchday of the 1963–64 La Liga season, where he scored in a 5–3 win against Levante, the first ever Valencia derby at the Mestalla Stadium. Additionally, he helped them reach the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in the 1963–64 season, where he was sent off in the 89th minute as Valencia lost 2–1 against Real Zaragoza.[3] In the following seasons, he began to gradually lose his place in the starting lineup to Manuel Polinario,[3] eventually leading him to join Deportivo La Coruña, where he retired in 1968.[2]

Personal life and death

Suco's brother, José Manuel Parada Alvite, was also a footballer who primarily played for Celta Vigo. To differentiate the two brothers, José Manuel was known as Suco II.[2] In 2012, both brothers were honoured by having a sports field renamed after them in Ribeira.[2]

On 24 July 2026, Suco was admitted to a hospital in Ferrol with a lung infection. He died later that day, at the age of 87.[2]

Honours

Barcelona[1]

Valencia

Deportivo La Coruña[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Suco, Andrés Parada Alvite - Footballer | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fallece Andrés Parada, Suco, futbolista de Ribeira que jugó en el Racing de Ferrol, Barcelona y Valencia" [Andrés Parada, Suco, a footballer from Ribeira who played for Racing de Ferrol, Barcelona and Valencia, has passed away.]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Lloret, Paco (26 July 2026). "Suco, exdelantero del Valencia CF, fallece en Galicia". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  • Suco at WorldFootball.net
  • Suco at BDFutbol
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