Early life of luis suarez

Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)

For other people named Luis Suárez, see Luis Suárez (disambiguation).

For the footballer born in Spain, see Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

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

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.

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. He also led La Liga in assists, b

Spanish footballer (1935–2023)

For the Uruguayan footballer, see Luis Suárez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Miramontes.

Luis Suárez Miramontes (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈlwisˈswaɾeθmiɾaˈmontes]; 2 May 1935 – 9 July 2023) was a Spanish professional footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder for Deportivo de La Coruña, España Industrial, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria; he also represented the Spain national team between 1957 and 1972. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Spanish football players of all time, Suárez was noted for his elegant and fluid style of play and also regarded to be one of the greatest midfielders in the history of the sport.

Nicknamed El Arquitecto – The Architect – or Luisito, in 1960 Suárez became the first male Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d'Or. In 1964, he helped Spain win their first European Championship title. Suárez originally achieved prominence as a creative inside forward, or attacking midfielder in modern terms, during his spell at Barcelona in the 1950s, before reaching his prime as a deep-lying playmaker at Inter Milan, where he played a pivotal role in the success of Helenio Herrera's side, and was one of the primary creative forces in the squad, thanks to his skill on the ball, vision, and passing range. He retired as a player in 1973, after three seasons at Sampdoria.

Suárez subsequently began a career as a coach and managed Inter Milan on three separate occasions, the latter two of which on a caretaker basis. He was also at the helm of both the Spain under-21 national team, which he led to a European

For the footballer born in Spain, see Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

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. Known for his goal scoring ability, movement, and clinical finishing, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time. Nicknamed "El Pistolero" ("The Gunman"), individually, he has won two European Golden Shoes, an Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot and a Pichichi Trophy. He has scored over 500 career goals for club and country.

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 C

Regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, Uruguayan football player Luis Suarez captained the national team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, finishing ninth. He played in two World Cups, finishing fourth in 2010, and 12th in 2014, where Uruguay was eliminated in the round of 16, and he was banned for his next nine international matches for biting an Italian player. Suarez, the all-time goalscorer for the Uruguayan national team with 45 goals in 84 games, was the most recognizable player on the team who was usually in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Suarez started his professional football career as a youth player with Nacional (2005-2006), signed with Groningen for one season (2006-2007), and was transferred to Ajax where he scored his 100th Ajax goal (2007-2011). In 2011, he transferred to the English Premier League with Liverpool FC where he was the league’s top scorer with 31 goals, and was named the Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, and shared the Golden Shoe with Christiano Ronaldo. In 2014, he joined FC Barcelona in a move that made him one of the most expensive players in football history, playing alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar. Suarez won his second European Gold Shoe, for which he became the first player since 2009 to win both, other than Messi or Ronaldo.

Born in Salto, Uruguay, Suarez is the fourth of seven boys in a family where they knew poverty. He married Sofia Balbi in 2009, a girl he had known since he was 15, and they have a daughter and a son. His brother Paolo is a professional football player in El Salvador. In 2014, Suarez released his autobiography, titled “Crossing the Line – My Story”.