Patrick Suffo
With Marc Williams suspended for today's FA Trophy tie with Ebbsfleet United, Dragons 'pay as you play' striker Patrick Suffo looks likely to make a starting appearance.
Thirty one year old Patrick was born in Ebolowa, Cameroon on 17th January 1978. He has made nine substitute appearances in the league, and has also made two starts in the FA Trophy since Dean Saunders brought him to the Racecourse in November.
Patrick's 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 against West Bromwich Albion. The game was abandoned when 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 when he head-butted one of the opposition players. Suffo was sent to Spanish side Numancia on loan for the remainder of the season.Suffo Signed for Coventry City During the 2003/2004 season, making forty eight appearances and scoring ten goals in a two season stay.
Patrick also played for Israeli side Maccabi Tikva,Playing thirty seven times and notching seven goals.
In November 2008, Suffo signed a pay as you play deal with the Dragons making his debut as a substitute during a 1-0 defeat at Kidderminster Harriers. His first goal for the club arrived when he came on in his second appearance during the home match against Kettering. Patrick converted a late penalty as Wrexham came from a goal down to snatch a late win.
Patrick then coolly despatched another injury time penalty to give Wrexham a 3-3 draw in the home game with Northwich Victoria.
Patrick is a favourite with the Wrexham fans, his close control and deft passing becoming a feature in many of Wrexham's recent games.
Patrick has played for Cameroon on twenty nine occasions, scoring four goals. He won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and also played in the 2002
World cup in South Korea and Japan, where he was sent off in the final group game against Germany!