Luis Suarez made a goalscoring debut as Liverpool beat Stoke City 2-0 at Anfield on Wednesday night.The Reds' new No.7 was handed his bow as a second-half substitute, playing just under half an hour and finding the back of the net on 79 minutes after rounding goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and slotting home much to the delight of the Kop. ~ Raul Meireles had earlier put Liverpool ahead on 47 minutes when he pounced on a loose ball inside the box to fire home his third in four matches.
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Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan international footballer who plays professionally for English team Liverpool, as a striker. Since 2007, Suárez has also played for the Uruguayan national team.
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Having grown up in Salto alongside six siblings, with a single mother. In 2005, he began professional career at Montevideo side Nacional. His older brother Paolo Suárez is also a professional football player.
He moved to the Netherlands with Eredivisie side Groningen in 2006 at the age of 19, before transferring to Ajax in 2007. He made a major impact at the Amsterdam club as a supporting striker with the main striker initially being Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, then Marko Pantelić, and later Mounir El Hamdaoui. Following the arrival of manager Martin Jol at Ajax in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain following the departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal.
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In 2010, Suárez was named Dutch Footballer of the Year, having ended the season as top scorer in the Eredivisie with 35 goals in 33 league matches (49 goals in all competitions). On 5 August 2010, Suárez became a father, with his wife bearing a baby daughter named Delfina in Barcelona. Also in 2010, Suárez became a member of the select group of players having scored more than 100 goals for Ajax in competitive matches, joining players like Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, and Dennis Bergkamp.
On 28 January 2011, Ajax accepted an offer of £22.8 million (€26.5 million) for the player.
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~http://www.observa.com.uy/Deporte/nota.aspx?id=108088
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Alberto_Suárez
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