Luis Suárez
Suárez playing for Colombia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luis Javier Suárez Charris[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Almería
Number 9
Youth career
Leones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Leones 8 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada B (loan) 35 (5)
2017–2020 Watford 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Valladolid B (loan) 34 (11)
2018–2019 → Gimnàstic (loan) 36 (7)
2019–2020 → Zaragoza (loan) 38 (19)
2020–2022 Granada 64 (13)
2022–2023 Marseille 7 (3)
2023 → Almería (loan) 20 (4)
2023– Almería 8 (4)
International career‡
2020– Colombia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Luis Javier Suárez Charris (born 2 December 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Almería and the Colombia national team.

Club career

Born in Santa Marta, Suárez made his senior debut with Leones on 5 October 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–3 Categoría Primera B away loss against América de Cali. The following 1 March, after eight first-team appearances, he was loaned to Granada CF until 2017 with a buyout clause, and was assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[3]

On 17 July 2017, after having his federative rights assigned to Watford, Suárez was loaned to Real Valladolid B in the third division for a year.[4] The following 9 July, after scoring 11 goals, he joined Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in a temporary deal.[5]

Suárez made his professional debut on 20 August 2018, replacing Tete Morente late into a 1–1 home draw against Tenerife.[6] He scored his first goal on 7 October, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at Cádiz.

On 21 June 2019, Suárez was loaned to Real Zaragoza, still in the Spanish second division.[7] He ended the regular season with 19 goals, being the team's top goalscorer, but was not allowed to play in the play-offs as his loan ended.[8]

On 2 October 2020, Suárez returned to Granada on a five-year contract,[9] for a fee of £10 million.[10]

On 18 July 2022, Marseille in France announced Suárez's transfer.[11] On 5 December, however, he returned to Spain and its top flight after agreeing to a loan deal with Almería, with an obligatory buyout clause if the club avoided relegation.[12]

On 1 October 2023, Suarez scored a hat-trick, with all three goals being assisted by Largie Ramazani in a 3–3 draw against Granada CF.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 October 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leones 2015 Categoría Primera B 80———80
Granada B (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División B 355———355
Watford 2017–18 Premier League 000000—00
2018–19 Premier League 000000—00
2019–20 Premier League 000000—00
2020–21 EFL Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Valladolid B (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División B 3411———3411
Gimnàstic (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 36710——377
Zaragoza (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 381910——3919
Granada 2020–21 La Liga 27520—8[lower-alpha 1]2377
2021–22 La Liga 37810——388
Total 641330—827515
Marseille 2022–23 Ligue 1 7300—4[lower-alpha 2]0113
Almería (loan) 2022–23 La Liga 20400——204
Almería 2023–24 La Liga 8400——84
Career total 25066500012226768
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 5 June 2022[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 202010
202230
Total40

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Luis Suárez". Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Luis Javier Suárez refuerza el filial del Granada" [Luis Javier Suárez bolsters the reserve team of Granada] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cuatro refuerzos para el Promesas" [Four additions for Promesas] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Luis J. Suárez, nou jugador grana" [Luis J. Suárez, new grana player] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Aveldaño acude al rescate del Tenerife en el 93'" [Aveldaño comes to the rescue of Tenerife in the 93'] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "El Real Zaragoza llega a un acuerdo con el Watford por la cesión de Luis Suárez" [Real Zaragoza reach an agreement with Watford for the loan of Luis Suárez] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Watford leave Real Zaragoza furious by refusing to allow Luis Suarez to play in playoff matches". Marca. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Luis Suárez, nuevo jugador del Granada CF por las próximas cinco temporadas" [Luis Suárez, new player of Granada CF for the following five seasons] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Luis Suarez: Watford sell striker for £10m to Spanish side Granada". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Communiqué officiel - Luis Suárez" (in French). Marseille. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Top-class Luis Suárez to reinforce UD Almería attacking options". UD Almería. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Zelfs dubbele zuiverheid helpt Almería niet aan de drie punten in La Liga". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Luis Suárez at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Luis Suárez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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