Ebook: Luis Suarez : the biography of the world's most controversial footballer
Author: Suárez Luis, Worrall Frank
- Tags: Suárez Luis -- 1987-, Liverpool Football Club., Soccer players -- Uruguay -- Biography., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports., GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports., SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects., SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays., SPORTS & RECREATION -- History., SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference., TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports., Soccer players., Uruguay.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: John Blake Publishing
- City: London, Uruguay
- Language: English
- epub
He's the best striker in world football today – but also the most controversial. Banned three times for biting opponents – including the shameful episode with Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil – Luis Suarez has also been embroiled in a race row with Manchester United's Patrice Evra and been public enemy number one at the 2010 World Cup after handballing on the line in Uruguay's quarter-final against Ghana.
Yet on the field he has brought only goals galore and glory to every team he has played for. At 18 he was in the first eleven at Uruguay's top club Nacional and played a major role in their 2006 league triumph. Then he captained Ajax Amsterdam to Dutch Cup glory in Holland and transformed Liverpool into a titlechasing team in 2013-14. Almost miraculously, Suarez then overcame an ankle injury operation to kill off England with two wonderful goals in the 2014 World Cup.
It was the prospect of such remarkable feats that...