Luis Suárez

Not to be confused with Luis Fernando Suárez.

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Luis Suárez
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Date of birth	24 January 1987 (1987-01-24)
Place of birth	Salto, Uruguay
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Inter Miami
Number	9
Youth clubs
2003–2005	Nacional
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2011 2011–2014 2014–2020 2020–2022 2022 2023 2023–	Nacional Groningen Ajax Liverpool Barcelona Atlético Madrid Nacional Grêmio Inter Miami	027 0(10) 029 0(10) 110 0(81) 110 0(69) 191 (147) 067 0(32) 014 00(8) 045 0(24) 000 00(0)
National team
2006–2007 2012 2007–	Uruguay U20 Uruguay Olympic (O.P.) Uruguay	004 00(2) 004 00(3) 0138 0(68)

Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team as a striker.

In July 2014, Suárez moved to Barcelona for a fee reported by the English press in the region of £75 million (€94 million), while Barcelona claim a fee of £65 million (€81 million), making him the third most expensive player in football history. He is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.

Suárez began his career as a youth player for Nacional in 2003. He signed for Groningen in the Eredivisie in 2006 and transferred to Ajax in 2007. In 2008–09 he was named Ajax Player of the Year. The following year, he was made the club captain, helping Ajax win the KNVB Cup while becoming the league's top scorer with 35 goals in 33 games. He was also named Dutch Footballer of the Year and scored 49 goals in all competitions. In the 2010–11 season, he scored his one hundredth Ajax goal, joining a group of players including Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp in doing so.

In January 2011, Suárez transferred to Liverpool for €26.5 million (£22.8 million). In February 2012, Suárez won the Football League Cup with the club. In April 2014, he won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, becoming the first non-European to win the award, and the FWA Footballer of the Year. As the Premier League's top scorer with 31 goals he won the Premier League Golden Boot, and shared the European Golden Shoe with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Suárez represented Uruguay in the 2007 U-20 World Cup. In the 2010 World Cup, he played an important role in Uruguay's fourth place finish and scored three goals, and blocked an extra time goalbound header with his hands during the quarter finals against Ghana. At the 2011 Copa América, Suárez scored four goals for Uruguay as they won a record fifteenth Copa América and was named Player of the Tournament. On 23 June 2013, he became Uruguay's all-time record goalscorer with 35 goals. At the 2014 World Cup, he scored his 40th goal.

Suárez has been the source of much controversy throughout his career. As well as his 2010 World Cup goal-line handball, he has also bitten three opponents, the latest being Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup, has been widely accused of and admitted to diving, and was found guilty by the FA of racially abusing Patrice Evra, a decision Suárez disputes.

Honours

Clubs

Nacional

• Uruguayan Primera División: 2005–06, 2022
• Torneo Clausura: 2005–06, 2022

Ajax

• Eredivisie (1): 2010–11
• KNVB Cup (1): 2009–10
• Johan Cruijff Shield (1): 2007

Liverpool

• League Cup (1): 2011–12

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Copa del Rey: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Supercopa de España: 2016, 2018
• UEFA Champions League: 2014–15
• UEFA Super Cup: 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2015

Atlético Madrid

• La Liga: 2020–21

Grêmio

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2023
• Recopa Gaúcha: 2023

International

Uruguay

• Copa América: 2011

Individual

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010
• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2009–10
• Eredivisie Golden Boot: 2009–10
• Eredivisie top assist provider: 2008–09
• KNVB Cup Top scorer: 2009–10
• IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goalscorer: 2010, 2014, 2016
• Copa América Best Player: 2011
• Copa América Team Of The Tournament: 2011
• FIFA World Cup qualification Top scorer: 2014
• European Golden Shoe: 2013–14, 2015–16
• Premier League Player of the Season: 2013–14
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2013–14
• PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Premier League, 2013–14 Premier League
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2013–14
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2013–14
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2013–14
• FSF Player of the Year: 2013–14
• Trofeo EFE: 2014–15, 2020–21
• Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2020–21
• La Liga top assist provider: 2015–16, 2017–18
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16
• UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2018–19
• UEFA La Liga Team of The Season: 2015–16, 2016–17
• ESM Team of the Year: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Boot: 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup MVP of the Final Match Trophy]]: 2015
• La Liga Pichichi Trophy: 2015–16
• La Liga Best World Player: 2015–16
• La Liga Player of the Month: May 2016, December 2017, October 2018, December 2019
• Copa del Rey Top scorer: 2015–16
• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2016
• Ajax Player of the Year (Rinus Michels Award): 2008–09, 2009–10
• Liverpool Player of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14
• Liverpool Players' Player of the Season: 2013–14
• Liverpool Goal of the Season: 2013–14
• Barcelona Player of the Season (Trofeo Aldo Rovira): 2015–16
• Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Season: 2022
• Campeonato Gaúcho Team of the Year: 2023
• Bola de Ouro: 2023
• Bola de Prata: 2023
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top assist provider: 2023

International

Uruguay

• Copa América (1): 2011

External links

• Luis Suárez profile at Soccerbase

Uruguay – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Fourth place

1. Muslera 2. Lugano 3. Godín 4. Fucile 5. Gargano 6. Victorino 7. Cavani 8. Eguren 9. Suárez 10. Forlán 11. Á. Pereira 12. Castillo 13. Abreu 14. Lodeiro 15. Pérez 16. M. Pereira 17. Arévalo Ríos 18. I. González 19. Scotti 20. Á. Fernández 21. S. Fernández 22. Cáceres 23. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Template:Uruguay squad (Copa América 2011) Template:Uruguay squad (FIFA Confederations Cup 2013)

Uruguay – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Muslera 2. Lugano (c) 3. Godín 4. Fucile 5. Gargano 6. Á. Pereira 7. Rodríguez 8. Hernández 9. Suárez 10. Forlán 11. Stuani 12. Muñoz 13. Giménez 14. Lodeiro 15. Pérez 16. M. Pereira 17. Arévalo 18. Ramírez 19. Coates 20. González 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Uruguay – Copa América Centenario

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Uruguay – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Muslera 2. Giménez 3. Godín (c) 4. Varela 5. Sánchez 6. Bentancur 7. Rodríguez 8. Nández 9. Suárez 10. De Arrascaeta 11. Stuani 12. Campaña 13. G. Silva 14. Torreira 15. Vecino 16. Pereira 17. Laxalt 18. Gómez 19. Coates 20. Urretaviscaya 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. M. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Uruguay – 2019 Copa América –

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Uruguay – 2021 Copa América – Quarter-finals

1. Muslera 2. Giménez 3. Godín (c) 4. Araújo 5. Vecino 6. Bentancur 7. De la Cruz 8. Nández 9. Suárez 10. De Arrascaeta 11. Cándido 12. Campaña 13. González 14. Torreira 15. Valverde 16. B. Rodríguez 17. Viña 18. Gómez 19. Coates 20. J. Rodríguez 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. Rochet 24. Gorriarán 25. Torres 26. Ocampo Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Uruguay – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Muslera 2. Giménez 3. Godín (c) 4. Araújo 5. Vecino 6. Bentancur 7. De la Cruz 8. Pellistri 9. Suárez 10. de Arrascaeta 11. Núñez 12. Sosa 13. Varela 14. Torreira 15. Valverde 16. Olivera 17. Viña 18. Gómez 19. Coates 20. Torres 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. Rochet 24. Canobbio 25. Ugarte 26. Rodríguez Manager:   Diego Alonso