Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987 in Salto) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a striker for AFC Ajax, where he is captain, and for the Uruguayan national team.
Suárez grew up alongside seven brothers, with a single mother. He was a troublesome teenager, involved in drinking and partying, instead of focusing on football. At the age of 14, however, he was given an ultimatum by his youth team coach, and started to work hard in practice.
Full name: Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Date of birth: 24 January 1987
Place of birth: Salto, Uruguay
Height: 1.81 m
Playing position: Striker
Club career: Nacional / Groningen / Ajax
Suárez began his career at Nacional. He moved to Groningen in 2006, before transfering to Ajax in 2007. At Ajax he mainly played as a supporting striker with the main striker initially being Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and later Marko Pantelić. Following the arrival of manager Martin Jol at Ajax in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain following the departure of Thomas Vermaelen. In 2010, Suárez was named Dutch Footballer of the Year, having ended the season as top scorer in the league with 35 goals (49 goals in all competitions).
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2010 FIFA World Cup: On 2 July 2010, during the quarter final match against Ghana, Suárez intentionally handled the ball on the line in the last minute of extra-time and denied Ghana a goal that would have won them the game.He was subsequently given a direct red card and sent off the field. The resulting penalty was however missed by Asamoah Gyan and Uruguay went on to win 4–2 in the shootout and progress to the semi-final. His subsequent boasting about manipulating the rules of the game to keep Ghana out of a semi-final appearance has made him seem to be an international villain to some partisans. He was quoted saying “I think I made the best save of the tournament” and was seen cheering when Gyan’s penalty hit the crossbar.Due to this, he was audibly booed by members of the crowd each time he touched the ball in his next appearance, the 3rd place game of the World Cup 2010 against Germany. However, some football commentators point out that because Suarez intentionally committed an illegal act to deny the opposing team an obvious goal, he compromised the sporting integrity of the match itself, thereby cheating the game of football.Others have explained the booing as mainly a reaction to the elevation to hero status of Suarez by Uruguay’s fans.
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