Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Uruguay national team. He has won 19 trophies in his career, which include six league titles and a UEFA Champions League title at club level. At international level, he is Uruguay’s all-time leading goalscorer, and has represented his nation at three editions of the FIFA World Cup and Copa américa. He was suspended from the 2014 World Cup after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.
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Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Uruguay national team. He has won 19 trophies in his career, which include six league titles and a UEFA Champions League title at club level, and a Copa América with Uruguay. At international level, he is Uruguay’s all-time leading goalscorer, and has represented his nation at three editions of the FIFA World Cup and Copa américa. He was suspended from the 2014 World Cup after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. He is also known for his goal-line handball, biting opponents on three occasions, and diving. In 2011, the FA found him guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra, a decision he disputes. He signed for Barcelona in a transfer worth €82. 3 million, making him one of the most expensive players in football history. With Barcelona, he won 10 additional trophies, including three La Liga titles and three Copas del Rey. In 2012, he signed for Liverpool, and won the League Cup in his first full season. In 2014, he led Liverpool to a runner-up finish in the league, equalling the goalscoring record for a 38-game Premier League season and winning his first European Golden Shoe. He also led La Liga in assists, becoming the first player to do so in both goals and assists in league history.
In his second season, Suá Rez won the Pichichi Trophy and his second European Golden Shoes, becoming first player since 2009 to win both awards other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. He will join Spanish side Atletico Madrid in 2020, and is expected to sign a five-year deal with the La Liga giants. He has scored 495 career goals for club and country, and was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2014. He won the Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot and the Pchichi Trophy in 2011. He scored three goals for Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup, but controversially blocked an otherwise game-winning goal-bound extra time header with his hands during the quarter-final against Ghana. At age 16, he joined local club Nacional’s youth team. In May 2005, at age 18, he made his first-team debut in the Copa Libertadores. In September 2005, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 win against AtlétICO Junior. At the age of 14, he showed discontent with a referee following a red card, although he claimed he fell accidentally into a referee’s clutches. He later joined Dutch side Groningen, before transferring to Ajax in 2007. In 2009, he was named Dutch Footballer of the year, and finished as the league’s top scorer in the 2009–10 season, and also ranks as the club’s fourteenth highest striker.
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