FC Barcelona player Luis Suarez is all anyone is talking about after he scored the first goal of the El Clasico opener! He may be a favorite right now, but here’s some facts you should know about the big shot!
He shoots, he scores! FC Barcelona’s striker Luis Suarez, 29, landed the first goal in the El Clasico opening game against Real Madrid on Dec. 3, and fans are going bananas! Luis will definitely go down in the books for this epic play, but now that he’s got your attention, find out some more cool things about him! HollywoodLife.com has you covered with five fast facts.
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1. Luis played for two other professional teams before joining FC Barcelona.
Although FC Barcelona is his home team now, Luis has jumped around throughout his professional career. In 2007, Luis first signed a five-year contract with Ajax, and made his club debut in a game against Prague! SO cool! Following his contract, Luis was transferred to Liverpool in 2011, where he signed a long term contract. But after a glorious run for the Liverpool team, Luis agreed to sign yet another deal with Barcelona and a pay a small fine for breaking his contract with Liverpool in 2014. And that was probably a great decision, because the team wouldn’t have made that first shot without him!
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2. He was named the 2013-14 Player of the Year!
After a brief suspension, Luis rejoined his Liverpool team, where he finished out a strong and record-breaking season! At the season’s end in April 2014, it was announced that he would be nominated for the Player of the Award, which he later won. Luis is the first non-European player to win the award in history! Go Luis!
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3. Luis used to be a street sweeper before making it big.
Luis wasn’t always the millionaire that we see today. In fact, prior to making it big, he was a street sweeper! OMG! Growing up, he reportedly swept the streets of the capital in Uruguay. In order to keep up with his soccer skills, he used to practice while he worked. Wow, that’s amazing!
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4. He has been known to get in trouble for biting.
Uh-oh! Although Luis is an incredible soccer player, he has gotten in trouble quite a bit during his professional career. He has come to be known to fans as a “biter,” and has often been alleged of “racial abuse” for biting other players during matches. In particular, he has been accused of racial abuse against Italian club player Patrice Evra after three biting incidents. He was previously suspended from 47 matches in 2014 for biting, making him the only player to be banned from the game without receiving a red card. Yikes!
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5. He’s a total hopeless romantic!
Forget Luis’ aggressions on the field; he’s actually a hopeless romantic! Luis married his childhood sweetheart and the only woman he’s ever been with Sofie Balbi, in March 2009. They have been together ever since and have two beautiful children together. Talk about a fairytale come true!
Football killers, were there some things that you didn’t know about Luis? Let us know!
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