In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Lizano.
Francisco Javier "Javi" Suárez Lizano (born 31 January 1976) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current assistant manager of Real Zaragoza.
Suárez moved to Segunda División side CD Numancia in July 1998, but was rarely used. He still managed to score his first professional goal for the side on 24 January 1999, netting his team's second in a 2–3 loss at Recreativo de Huelva.
On 20 March 2017, as former Zaragoza teammate César Láinez was named manager of the first team, Suárez was appointed at the helm of the B-side in the fourth division.[3] He left the club in June, after Láinez returned to the B-team.[4]
On 25 June 2019, Suárez was appointed manager of third division side SD Ejea,[5] but was sacked on 21 December after winning only six points out of 27.[6] He returned to Zaragoza on 9 November of the following year, as Iván Martínez's assistant in the main squad.[7]