Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz born 24 January 1987 is a Uruguayan international footballer who plays professionally for English team Liverpool, as a striker. Suárez also plays for the Uruguayan national team.
Suárez grew up in Salto alongside six siblings, with a single mother. In 2005, he began professional career at Montevideo side Nacional. His older brother Paolo Suárez is also a professional football player.
He moved to the Netherlands with Eredivisie side Groningen in 2006 at the age of 19, before transferring to Ajax in 2007. He made a major impact at the Amsterdam club as a supporting striker with the main striker initially being Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, then Marko Pantelić, and later Mounir El Hamdaoui. Following the arrival of manager Martin Jol at Ajax in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain following the departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal. Suarez moved to Liverpool for €26.5 million in January 2011, briefly becoming the club's most expensive player.
In 2010, Suárez was named Dutch Footballer of the Year, having ended the season as top scorer in the Eredivisie with 35 goals in 33 league matches (49 goals in all competitions). On 5 August 2010, Suárez became a father, with his wife bearing a baby daughter named Delfina in Barcelona. Also in 2010, Suárez became a member of the select group of players having scored more than 100 goals for Ajax in competitive matches, joining players like Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, and Dennis Bergkamp
Personal information
Full name: Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Date of birth: 24 January 1987 (1987-01-24)
Place of birth: Salto, Uruguay
Height: 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position: Striker
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2006 Nacional
Senior career*
2005–2006 Nacional 27 (11 gol)
2006–2007 Groningen 29 (10 gol)
2007–2011 Ajax 110 (81 gol)
2011– Liverpool -
National team‡
2007– Uruguay 38 (16)
Honours
Club
Nacional
* Primera División (1): 2005–06
Ajax
* KNVB Cup (1): 2009–10
Individual
* Eredivisie Top Scorer (1): 2009–10
* Dutch Footballer of the Year (1): 2009–10
* Ajax Player of the Year (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
* 2010 FIFA World Cup:
o Man of the Match (2): vs South Korea (R16), vs Mexico (GM)
* IFFHS The World's Top Goal Scorer: 2010
