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Luis Suárez lining up for Uruguay in 2014 Suárez lining up for Uruguay in 2014 Luis Suárez is a uruguayan professional football player who represents the Uruguay national team as a hitter. He made his debut for his country in a 3–1 friendly victory over Colombia in Cúcuta on 7 February 2007. [ 1 ] Since then, he has recorded 65 international goals in 126 appearances, making him the nation ‘s all-time top scorer. [ 1 ]

Suárez ‘s first goal came in his one-third appearance for Uruguay, scoring the opener in a 5–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Bolivia in October 2007. He became his nation ‘s peak scorer at the age of 26, when he scored twice against Tahiti in a 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup group equal in June 2013. [ 2 ] Suárez scored football team goals during Uruguay ‘s qualification campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making him joint top scorekeeper with Robin van Persie during qualification. [ 3 ] Following an incident in which he was adjudged to have bitten Italy ‘s Giorgio Chiellini during the finals, Suárez was banned for nine international games and did not feature for Uruguay in 2015. [ 4 ] His finish in the 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the group stagecoach of the 2018 FIFA World Cup made Suárez the merely Uruguayan to score in three World Cup final examination tournaments ( a feat matched by and by on by teammate Edinson Cavani ). [ 5 ] As of October 2021, Suárez has scored three or more goals ( a hat-trick ) on two occasions. He scored three times against Indonesia in a 7–1 friendly gain in October 2010, and all four goals in a 4–0 victory in a 2014 World Cup reservation game against Chile in November 2011. Suarez has scored 26 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the second all-time top scorer of reservation in CONMEBOL, behind lone former teammate Lionel Messi. [ 6 ] Suárez has scored seven times in World Cup finals, seven times in the Copa América and three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup. Suárez has scored more times ( seven ) against Chile than any other adversary. 21 of his goals have been scored at the Estadio Centenario, with the remainder coming at oversea venues. His most recent finish came on 14 October 2021, when he scored Uruguay ‘s sole hit in a 1–4 World Cup qualifying loss against Brazil .

International goals [edit ]

As of match played 14 October 2021.
Uruguay score listed first, score column indicates score after each Suárez goal.[1]
Key
Penalty Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

note : In a World Cup qualifier on 10 June 2012 where Uruguay defeated Peru 4–2, FIFA ‘s match summary lists Suárez as the scorekeeper of the open finish. FIFA has besides published reports where they credit the goal to Sebastián Coates. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] other noteworthy sources besides credit the goal to Coates. [ 59 ] Suárez himself besides insisted that Coates scored the goal, [ 1 ] therefore it is not listed in his run above.

Statistics [edit ]

As of match played 14 October 2021.
Goals by year
Uruguay
Year Apps Goals
2007 6 2
2008 10 4
2009 12 3
2010 11 7
2011 13 10
2012 8 4
2013 16 9
2014 6 5
2015 0 0
2016 8 3
2017 5 2
2018 11 6
2019 7 4
2020 3 4
2021 10 2
Total 126 65
Goals by competition
Competition Goals
Friendlies 22
FIFA World Cup qualification 26
FIFA World Cup 7
Copa América 7
FIFA Confederations Cup 3
Total 65
Suárez celebrating scoring Suárez celebrating his goal for Uruguay against the Netherlands in 2011

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