Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díazis a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Uruguay national team...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 January 1987
CitySalto, Uruguay
CountryUruguay
football obsessed since
I've been obsessed by football since I was young.
club given lived money players playing
When I was playing for Nacional in Montevideo, the players who lived outside the city would be given money by the club to get there and back on the bus.
When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.
argue proud ran red sent shown
When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that.
bad girlfriend met people steered
When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on.
barcelona
Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League.
clubs great
At clubs like Liverpool, great players come and go.
thick
I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
anyone life refer spanish word
'Negro' can refer to anyone with dark hair as well as dark skin, and I've been used to the word being used in Spanish in this way all my life.
bad player
Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.
anyone asked bigger change jobs move
I was asked a question: 'Would I want to play for Madrid?' It's like anyone asked if they want to change jobs and move to a bigger company.
I need to be playing in the Champions League.
bad believe dealing help path people
I think all the bad things I have been through are in the past. I believe I am on the right path now, dealing with the people who can help me, the right kind of people.
family growing hard home large money time
I had a really hard time growing up; we were a large family, and we didn't have much money at home.