Luis Suárez

Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈswaɾes]; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed "El Pistolero" ("The Gunman"), he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest strikers of all time. Individually, he has won two European Golden Shoes, an Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot and a Pichichi Trophy. He has also scored over 500 career goals for club and country.

Luis Suárez
Suárez with Uruguay at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Date of birth (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Inter Miami
Number 9
Youth career
1991–1994 Artigas de Salto
1994–2000 Urreta
2001–2005 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Nacional 27 (10)
2006–2007 Groningen 29 (10)
2007–2011 Ajax 110 (81)
2011–2014 Liverpool 110 (69)
2014–2020 Barcelona 191 (147)
2020–2022 Atlético Madrid 67 (32)
2022–2023 Nacional 14 (8)
2023–2024 Grêmio 45 (24)
2024– Inter Miami 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Uruguay U20 4 (2)
2012 Uruguay Olympic (O.P.) 4 (3)
2007– Uruguay 138 (68)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
Copa América
Winner2011 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Suárez began his senior club career at Nacional in 2005. At age 19, he signed for Groningen, before transferring to Ajax in 2007. There, he won the KNVB Cup and the Eredivisie. In 2011, Suárez signed for Premier League club Liverpool, and won the League Cup in his first full season. Having established a strike partnership with Daniel Sturridge, he equalled the goalscoring record for a 38-game Premier League season and won his first European Golden Shoe in 2014. That summer, Suárez moved to Barcelona in a transfer worth £64.98 million (€82.3 million adjusted for inflation), making him one of the most expensive players of all time.

Dubbed MSN, Suárez was part of a dominant trio alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar, winning the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in his first season. In his second season, he won the Pichichi Trophy and his second European Golden Shoe, becoming the first player since 2009 to win both awards other than Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. He also led La Liga in assists, becoming the first player to do so in both goals and assists in league history. With Barcelona, Suárez won ten additional trophies, including three La Liga titles and three Copas del Rey. He signed for Atlético Madrid in 2020, winning his fifth La Liga title in his second season.

At international level, Suárez is Uruguay's all-time leading goalscorer, and formerly held the title of highest scorer in CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualifiers before being surpassed by teammate Lionel Messi. He has represented his nation at four editions of the FIFA World Cup and four editions of the Copa América, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. He was named in the 2010 World Cup All-Star Team and won the 2011 Copa América, where he was awarded Best Player. Outside of his football credentials, Suárez has been a source of controversy throughout his career, including a goal-line handball against Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, biting opponents on three occasions, accusations of diving, and racial incidents.

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