{{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 |caption = Suray in 2024 with Go Ahead Eagles |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|07|26}} |birth_place = Charleroi, Belgium |height = 1.73 m |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 = 62 |goals2 = 15 |pcupdate = 17 May 2026 }}
'''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.<ref name="lewis">{{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}}</ref> He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 away loss in the Eerste Divisie against Top Oss on 5 October 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On 16 May 2024, Suray agreed to sign for Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles on a contract until 2027.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 1 August 2024 in the UEFA Conference League against Norwegian club SK Brann.<ref> {{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}} </ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{unreferenced section|date=February 2026}} {{updated|matches played 17 May 2026}} {| 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|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=5|FC Dordrecht |2020–21 |rowspan=4|Eerste Divisie |16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||17||0 |- |2021–22 |32||5||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||33||5 |- |2022–23 |26||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||27||1 |- |2023–24 |38||13||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|Appearances in promotion play-offs}}||1||42||14 |- !colspan=2|Total !112||19||5||0||colspan="2"|—||2||1||119||20 |- |rowspan=3|Go Ahead Eagles |2024–25 |rowspan=2|Eredivisie |30||3||5||2||1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||36||5 |- |2025–26 |32||12||3||1||7{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||1||1{{efn|name=JCS|Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield}}||1||43||15 |- !colspan=2|Total !62||15||8||3||8||1||1||1||78||20 |- !colspan=3|Career total !174||34||13||3||8||1||3||2||198||40 |} {{notelist}}
==Personal life== His father Olivier Suray played professionally for Anderlecht and Standard Liege among others.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="lewis"/>
==Honours== ;Go Ahead Eagles *KNVB Cup: 2024–25
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.vi.nl/spelers/mathis-suray/carriere Career stats & Profile] – Voetbal International * {{Soccerway|mathis-suray/517358}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suray, Mathis}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Charleroi Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:FC Dordrecht players Category:Go Ahead Eagles players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen