Luis Suarez


Country
Birth date
Age
24/01/1987 
25
Height
Weight
Gender
181 cm / 5'11" 
81 kg / 179 lbs 
M
Sport
Team
SUAREZ Luis

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RankEventYearLocation
FIFA World Cup
4Senior2010South Africa
Copa America
1Senior2011Argentina

Nickname

'El Depredador', 'Luisito', 'Conejo' and 'Pistolero' (elmundo.com, 26 Jul 2011)

Hobbies

Playing PlayStation. (futbolingles.es, 24 Mar 2011)

Family

Wife Sofia, daughter Delfina.

Language(s) spoken

English, Spanish

Club name

Liverpool, Liverpool, GBR

Coach

Brendan Rodgers, Oscar Tabarez [national] (liverpoolecho.co.uk, 17 Jul 2012)

Position and style

Striker (elmundo.com, 26 Jul 2011)

Other sports

His older brother Paolo Suarez is also a professional player and plays for El Salvador. (liverpoolecho.co.uk, 09 Feb 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
"I started playing football when I was very young and by the age of four I would run faster with the ball than without it." (liverpoolecho.co.uk, 09 Feb 2011)

Hero
As a kid his idol was his father, Rodolfo, that played for Deportivo Artigas. Also, Gabriel Omar Batistuta. (lr21.com.uy, 21 Jul 2011; futbolingles.es, 24 Mar 2011)

Most influential person in career
His wife. (elobservador.com.uy, 24 May 2012)

Sporting philosophy / motto




Awards
He was named MVP of the 2011 America's Cup. (elmundo.com, 26 Jul 2011)

In 2010 he was named Player of the Year in Holland. (as.com, 31 Aug 2010)

He became, in November of 2011, the first Uruguayan player ever to score four goals in the same game in a world cup qualifier. He did it against Chile in a qualifying game for the 2014 World Cup. (elcomercio.pe, 12 Nov 2011)

General
SUSPENSION
He was suspended for eight games and fined for allegedly racially insulting Patrice Evra in a match against Manchester United in the 2011-12 season. (mexico.cnn.com, 20 Dec 2011)


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