Basic Information

• Full Name: Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz

• Date of Birth: 24 January 1987

• Place of Birth: Salto, Uruguay

• Height: 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in ) 

• Current Team: Atlético Madrid

• Position: Striker

• Number: 9

• His Family: Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz was born on January 24, 1987, to Rodolfo and Sandra Suarez. His father, a porter, came from a poor background. Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz has seven siblings, and his older brother, Paulo Suárez, is also a professional footballer who played for the National Football League of Guatemala. When he was seven, the family moved to Montevideo for work. By the time he was 12, his father had left the family, and his mother and grandmother had to struggle to raise the children.

• His Wife & Kids: In 2009, he married childhood sweetheart Sofia Balbi, and the couple have a daughter (born 2010) and two sons (born 2013 and 2019).

The Story of Luis  Suárez 

His childhood was so poor that he couldn't even afford a pair of sneakers. However, that didn't stop Luis from pursuing his dream. His mother introduced him to football club Urreta, where Suarez scored a hat-trick as a substitute in his first friendly and has been noticed by scouts ever since. At the age of nine, he was discovered by Wilson Pires, who was scouting for the national youth team at the time. By the time he was 12, Suarez was starting his career with the national team.

His mood was low as a teenager, but that changed when he met Sofia Balbi when he was 15. She had a positive impact on his life. He played his first professional game against the Copa Libertadores for the National Youth Club. And, he helped them win the 2005-2006 Uruguayan league title.

After the U20 World Cup, he briefly joined Groningen before being signed by Ajax for 7.5 million euros. He scored 111 goals in 159 appearances for the club during his five-year contract with Ajax and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year in his first season. 

In 2011, Suárez signed for Premier League club Liverpool, and won the League Cup in his first full season. In 2014, Suárez moved to Barcelona. Suárez was part of a dominant trio dubbed MSN 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.

On 22 December 2023, Inter Miami officially announced Suárez would join the club for the 2024 season. Suárez scored his first goals for the club on 2 March with a brace against cross-state rivals Orlando City in a 5–0 victory, helping secure the club's largest ever margin of victory. On November 27, 2024, Suárez signed a new one-year contract with Inter Miami, extending his stay at the club until the end of the 2025 season.

At international level, he has represented his nation at four editions of the FIFA World Cup and five 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.  On 13 July 2024, Suárez scored a last minute equalizer in the 2024 Copa América third place play-off match against Canada, after coming off the bench, and also scored his effort in the subsequent penalty shootout, clinching the bronze medal for Uruguay. On 2 September 2024, Suárez announced that he would retire from the national team after the match against Paraguay for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers on 6 September, ending his 17-year era of representing his national team after a 0–0 draw.

Honors Louis Received

• Twice the top scorer in Europe and the "Golden Boot"

• He is the only "Golden Boot" player since 2009 other than Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Pichich Trophy in the same year

• Received numerous best player awards

• Played professional football for the national team (2005-06), Groningen (2006-07), Ajax (2007-11), Liverpool (2010-2014), and Barcelona (2014-2017)

• As a member of Inter Miami club, he won 2024 Supporters' Shield Trophy.

• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16
• UEFA La Liga Team of The Season: 2015–16, 2016–17
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Boot: 2015

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