Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez was born on 24 January, 1987 in the Salto city. He is 1.82 m tall. He played Baby football from his early childhood. At the age of seven, he joined a club. He had developed his football skills from street game while working as a sweeper. His parents separated in his early teen age.
He started his career in 2003. He is a goal scorer from early matches. He has been nominated for the Golden Boot award two times for scoring goals. In 2014, he was declared ‘Player of the year’. In FIFA World Cup same year in Barazil, he scored his 40th international goal. This achievement made him the richest footballer of the world. During his career, he was banned from eight matches because of some racial issues.
In his fifteenth year, romance started. He got Sofia Balbi as a best friend. He went to Europe to catch Sofia. They got married in 2009. Now they have two children. In 2014 Suarez joined a new team FC Barcelona. This change happened in order to live close to Sofia in a same region.
Suarez wrote an autobiography and released it in 2014. The book name is “Crossing the Line – My Story”.
In his native country Uruguay, Suarez worked in different advertisements. The most popular are Pepsi, Samsung and Garnier. His net income in 2017 is 25 million EUR. He once ripped his Barcelona jersey in the field after missing the goal chance. This action was viral on Youtube and watched by millions of fans. He is also sponsored by Adidas for Ads and sports goods.
Suarez has faced many controversial issues throughout his game career. He got goal line issues, bitten thrice his opponent and guilty of racial abuse once. He was suspended for four month because of biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini while playing in a field.