Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1997)

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Charris.
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)

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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