Mathis Suray
{{short description|Belgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mathis Suray
| fullname =
| image = Go Ahead Eagles - Royale Union Saint-Gillloise - 53851638822.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|07|26}}
| birth_place = Charleroi, Belgium
| height = 1.73m
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Go Ahead Eagles
| clubnumber = 17
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020
| youthclubs1 = Anderlecht
| years1 = 2020–2024
| clubs1 = FC Dordrecht
| caps1 = 112
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Go Ahead Eagles
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 3
| pcupdate = 6 June 2025
| caption = Suray in 2024 with Go Ahead Eagles
}}
Mathis Suray (born 26 July 2001) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Dutch {{Dutch football updater|GoAheadE}} club Go Ahead Eagles.
Club career
He came through the youth academy at R.S.C. Anderlecht, with his contract expiring in the summer of 2020. The club reported that they wanted to extend his stay and loan him out to gain playing experience, but both parties were unable to reach an agreement on terms. In September 2020, he joined Dordrecht from Anderlecht, signing a three-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=Anderlecht-online|url=https://www.anderlecht-online.be/nl/article/199059|title=Officieel: Suray kiest voor Dordrecht|date=24 September 2020|accessdate=9 January 2022|language=nl}} He made his debut for the club in a 2-0 away loss in the Eerste Divisie against Top Oss on 5 October 2020.{{cite web|url= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/05/netherlands/eerste-divisie/bvo-top-oss/bvo-fc-dordrecht/3304861/|accessdate=23 April 2025|title=Top OSS vs. Dordrecht 2-0|date=5 October 2020}} He scored his first goals for the club the following year, with a brace of goals in a 4-2 away defeat to FC Volendam in the Eerste Divisie on 29 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/10/29/netherlands/eerste-divisie/fc-volendam/bvo-fc-dordrecht/3512903/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 April 2025|title= VOLENDAM VS. DORDRECHT 4 - 2|date=29 Oct 2021}}
On 16 May 2024, Suray agreed to sign for Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles on a contract until 2027.{{cite web|url=https://www.ga-eagles.nl/mathis-suray-het-vertrouwen-tijdens-de-gesprekken-deed-me-gelijk-al-goed/|trans-title=MATHIS SURAY: 'THE CONFIDENCE DURING THE CONVERSATIONS IMMEDIATELY DID ME GOOD'|title=MATHIS SURAY: 'HET VERTROUWEN TIJDENS DE GESPREKKEN DEED ME GELIJK AL GOED'|language=Dutch|website=www.ga-eagles.nl|date=16 May 2024|accessdate=16 May 2024}} He made his debut for the club on 1 August 2024 in the UEFA Conference League against Norwegian club SK Brann. {{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/08/01/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/sportsklubben-brann-bergen/stichting-go-ahead-eagles/4369050/|title= BRANN VS. GO AHEAD EAGLES 2 - 1|website=Soccerway|date=1 Aug 2024|accessdate=23 April 2025}} He played in the final of the KNVB Cup as Go Ahead Eagles won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1-1 in normal time after Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th minute equaliser. Suray's compatriot and Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Jari De Busser had saved a penalty in regulation time from AZ's Irish striker Troy Parrott but VAR intervened and ordered it to be retaken after ruling Suray had strayed into the penalty area prior to the kick.{{cite web|website=RTE|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/0422/1508815-parrott-on-target-in-cup-final-but-az-suffer-loss/|accessdate=22 April 2025|title= Troy Parrott on target in Dutch Cup final but AZ Alkmaar suffer agonising loss|date= 22 Apr 2025 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|matches played 16 February 2024}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|FC Dordrecht
|rowspan=4|Eerste Divisie |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2021-22
|32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| 2022-23
|26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2023-24
|26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!100||14||5||0||0||0||105||14 |
Personal life
His father Olivier Suray played professionally for Anderlecht and Standard Liege among others.{{cite web|title= Sons of former footballers: will another talent break through?|url= https://sporza.be/nl/2015/02/16/zonen-van-oud-voetballers-breekt-opnieuw-een-talent-door-1-2238659/ |website= Sporza| language=nl|date=16 Feb 2015|accessdate=23 April 2025}}
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.vi.nl/spelers/mathis-suray/carriere Career stats & Profile] - Voetbal International
- {{Soccerway|mathis-suray/517358}}
{{Go Ahead Eagles squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suray, Mathis}}
Category:Footballers from Charleroi
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Go Ahead Eagles players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands