Luis Suarez is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Nacional in the Primera Division.
Suarez is known for his work rate, speed and his unpredictability, which has brought his behaviour into question. During his stints at Ajax and Liverpool, controversial incidents were all too frequent.
There were three biting incidents, a high-profile racism case, and a transfer request to leave Liverpool for Arsenal within the space of a few short years. Not to mention Suarez's infamous handball in the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Ghana.
Suarez joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2014, after Uruguay had been eliminated from the FIFA World Cup, for a reported fee of €82.3million. Suarez was handed the number 9 shirt, but missed a portion of the season as he served a four-month suspension for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
The 2017 departure of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain saw the end of the MSN era. Barcelona won La Liga in 2017/18, as Suarez scored 25 league goals. However, they were humiliated by AS Roma in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
In 2018/19, Barcelona once again won La Liga, but were knocked out of the Champions League in dramatic fashion. Suarez was lambasted for celebrating in Barca's 3-0 first leg win over Liverpool in the semi-finals, but the Reds came out on top as they won the second leg 4-0 and went on to lift the trophy.
In 2019/20, Barcelona lost the La Liga title race to Real Madrid and were hammered 8-2 in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by Bayern Munich.
His first season at Atletico saw him remain as one of La Liga's top scorers, with his new club dominating the first half of the season in Spain's top tier with Suarez playing a big part in their success.
He scored 21 goals in 32 La Liga games in his first season, helping the club to their first title in seven years.
Suarez moved from AFC Ajax to Liverpool in January 2011 for £23million. Initially, the intention on the part of Liverpool was for Suarez to complement Fernando Torres. However, Torres joined Chelsea at the end of the transfer window and Liverpool subsequently signed Andy Carroll from Newcastle United.
Uruguay were beaten by the Netherlands in the semi-finals and Germany in the third place playoff, but they won the Copa America tournament the following year.
Suarez was in Uruguay's Copa America Centenario squad in 2016, but injury limited his involvement in the tournament.
He played in the 2018 World Cup, the 2019 and 2021 Copa Americas, which ultimately all saw La Celeste go out at the quarter-final stages.
Suarez is married to Sofia, his childhood sweetheart. The pair have three children, Delfina, Benjamin and Lauti.
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