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El pistplero the gun fighterLuis Alberto Suárez From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Luis Suárez. This name uses Spanish naming customs. The first or paternal family name is "Suárez" and the second or maternal family name is "Díaz". Luis Suárez Luis Suárez 2.jpg Personal information Full name Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz Date of birth 24 January 1987 (1987-01-24) (age 24) Place of birth Salto, Uruguay Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] Playing position Striker Club information Current club Liverpool Number 7 Youth career 2003–2005 Nacional Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005–2006 Nacional 35 (12) 2006–2007 FC Groningen 37 (15) 2007–2011 Ajax 110 (81) 2011– Liverpool 13 (4) National team‡ 2007 Uruguay U20 4 (2) 2007– Uruguay[2] 39 (16) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 May 2011 Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwiz 'swares]; born 24 January 1987) is an Uruguayan international footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool as a centre forward. Suárez also plays for the Uruguayan national team. He is known as 'El Pistolero' (The Pistol).[3] Suárez grew up in Salto alongside six siblings, with a single mother.[4] 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 and the departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain. Suarez moved to Liverpool for €26.5 million in January 2011, briefly becoming the club's most expensive player. 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 in Barcelona.[5] 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, Dennis Bergkamp and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.[6] Contents [hide] * 1 Club career o 1.1 Early career o 1.2 Groningen o 1.3 Ajax o 1.4 Liverpool * 2 International career o 2.1 2010 FIFA World Cup o 2.2 International goals * 3 Personal life * 4 Career statistics * 5 Honours o 5.1 Club o 5.2 Individual o 5.3 International * 6 References * 7 External links [edit] Club career [edit] Early career In Uruguay, Suárez played for Nacional. During his time with the Uruguayan club under the management of ConCon, he won the national championship. In his first season with the club he scored 13 goals but only played in 16 games. [edit] Groningen Suárez moved to Groningen at the age of 19. After that controversial season, Groningen purchased him for approximately € 800,000. During his first season in Europe, Suárez performed well at Groningen, scoring 10 goals in 29 appearances.[7] His impressive play attracted the attention of other European clubs and, following the season, he was sold to Ajax for 7.5million on 9 August 2007.[8] [edit] Ajax The transfer initially seemed doomed when Suárez lost his case before the Dutch Football Association's arbitration committee.[9] That same day, however, Ajax informed Groningen that they would be willing to pay more for him.[9] Suárez made his official debut for the team in the Champions League qualifier against Slavia Prague.[10] In the match he won a penalty kick for Ajax, though it was missed by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. In his Eredivisie debut for the club, he scored one goal, made three assists and won another penalty, helping Ajax beat newly promoted De Graafschap 8–1.[11] In his home debut at the Amsterdam Arena, he scored another two goals against Heerenveen to continue the excellent start to his Ajax career.[12] He then scored a hat-trick for the club in the league match against Willem II, to take his tally for Ajax to 14 goals in 27 appearances.[13][14] He ended his first season with Ajax with 20 goals in 40 appearances.[15] Suárez (with the Ajax flag) as Ajax skipper in 2010. Suárez received a lot of negative attention in the 2008–09 season, due to the high number of yellow cards he received.[16] He was given a seventh yellow card against Utrecht in a 2–0 win for Ajax, which earned him a suspension against Den Haag.[17] He ended the 2008–09 season with 22 goals from 31 games in the league,[7] finishing second in the top-scorers table, a goal behind Mounir El Hamdaoui of AZ.[18] In the 2009–10 season Suárez scored his first league goals in the second match against RKC Waalwijk on 8 August 2009, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 victory, with the second goal being a 25-meter scorcher.[19] He added more goals by scoring two goals against arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven, despite finishing on the losing side as Ajax were defeated 4–3.[20] In the play-off round first-leg of the newly-incepted UEFA Europa League, Suárez netted four goals in a 5–0 win over Slovan Bratislava on 20 August.A month later, on 20 September 2009, Suárez scored four goals in a 4–0 win against VVV, taking his tally this season to 10 goals in seven league games.[21] He scored one goal and missed two penalties as Ajax beat Timişoara 2–1 to reach the knockout stage of the Europa League.[22] On 23 December 2009, he scored six goals in a single match against the amateur team of WHC in the Dutch cup helping Ajax to win by a record margin of 14–1.[23] On 11 April 2010, Suárez scored three goals during the first half as VVV this time were defeated 7–0. Suárez ended the 2009–10 season as top scorer in the league with 35 goals (49 goals in all competitions) and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year.[24] At the start of the 2010–11 season, Suárez scored his 100th goal for Ajax, in a 1–1 home draw against PAOK in the Champions League third qualifying round.[6] On 29 August 2010, Suárez scored a hat trick against De Graafschap in a 0–5 away win.[25] In November 2010, Ajax suspended Suárez for two league matches after he bit PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder during their 0–0 draw on 20 November 2010. He was also fined an undisclosed amount which the club said they would donate to a "good cause". The Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf branded Suarez the “Cannibal of Ajax”.[26] The KNVB penalized Suárez with a suspension for seven league matches.[27] Because of his suspension, Suárez did not play any league matches under new manager Frank de Boer. The last official match he played was for the Uefa Champions League at A.C. Milan. He was last seen in an Ajax-shirt in a friendly against Galatasaray and he scored his last goal in a friendly against Hamburger SV. He was given a league winners medal having made 13 appearances in their title winning season. [edit] Liverpool On 28 January 2011, Ajax accepted a £22.8 million (€26.5 million) offer for Suárez from Premier League club Liverpool F.C.[28] The following day, Suárez passed his medical[29] and signed a five and a half-year deal that will keep him with the club until 2016.[30] Suarez was awarded the number 7 shirt previously worn by manager Kenny Daglish. He became the club's record signing for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes until the arrival of Andy Carroll from Newcastle United.[31][32] Suárez made his Liverpool debut on 2 February against Stoke City at Anfield, coming off the bench in the 63rd minute to score Liverpool's second goal in front of the Kop as they won 2–0.[33] Suárez started his first game for Liverpool against Wigan Athletic on 12 February 2011, and he scored his second Liverpool goal against Sunderland. He made a run down the right hand flank past Kieran Richardson and cutting in before beating Simon Mignolet from a tight angle, making the score 2-0 to Liverpool.[34] On 1 May 2011, Suarez scored the third goal in a 3-0 win over Newcastle United at Anfield set up by Dirk Kuyt, after winning the penalty kick which Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool's second. Suarez's 4th Liverpool goal came during a 5-2 win over Fulham away at Craven Cottage. During a Man of the Match performance, Suarez was put through on goal from a marvelous Jonjo Shelvey through-ball. The Uruguayan subsequently took it around Mark Schwarzer and finished into an empty net for Liverpool's 5th of the night. Luis Suarez's nickname is El Pistolero which means the gunner in Spanish. [edit] International career Suárez (left) with Diego Forlán at the 2010 World Cup Suárez made his debut for Uruguay on 8 February 2007, in a 3–1 win against Colombia. He was sent-off in the 85th minute after receiving a second yellow card. Suárez has since continued participating with the Uruguayan national team, becoming a starter in the first four games of the 2010 World Cup qualifier. He scored two goals in four games, against Bolivia and Chile, forming a lethal striking force with compatriot Diego Forlán. On March 25, 2011, he withdrew from a friendly match against Estonia due to injury. [edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup On 1 June 2010, Óscar Tabárez announced that Suárez would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 World Cup.[35] Suárez was a starter in all three Uruguay's group matches at the World Cup. On 22 June, he scored his first goal against Mexico and helped Uruguay win their group.[36] On 26 June 2010, during the Round of 16, he scored both goals against South Korea in a 2–1 win and put Uruguay through to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1970.[37] During the 2010 World Cup Suarez scored three goals, made six appearances, played for 543 minutes and received one red card.[38] At the World Cup, Suárez was an integral part of the Uruguayan team that reached the semi-final, forming a formidable partnership with Diego Forlán, scoring three goals, before eventually losing to the Netherlands (Suárez was suspended for the semi-final against Holland). He gained worldwide notoriety during the quarter final match against Ghana for handling the ball on the line in the last minute of extra-time and then celebrating Asamoah Gyan's subsequent penalty miss.[39] Uruguay won the penalty shoot-out that followed. [edit] International goals As of 8 October 2010[40] [show]Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 October 2007 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Bolivia 1–0 5–0 2010 WCQ 2. 18 November 2007 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Chile 1–0 2–2 2010 WCQ 3. 6 February 2008 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Colombia 2–2 2–2 Friendly 4. 25 May 2008 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany Turkey 1–0 3–2 Friendly 5. 25 May 2008 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany Turkey 2–2 3–2 Friendly 6. 28 May 2008 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway 1–1 2–2 Friendly 7. 10 June 2009 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Venezuela 1–1 2–2 2010 WCQ 8. 9 September 2009 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Colombia 1–0 3–1 2010 WCQ 9. 10 October 2009 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador 1–1 2–1 2010 WCQ 10. 3 March 2010 AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland Switzerland 2–1 3–1 Friendly 11. 22 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa Mexico 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 12. 26 June 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Korea 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup 13. 26 June 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Korea 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup 14. 8 October 2010 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia 2–1 7–1 Friendly [edit] Personal life Suárez grew up alongside six siblings, with a single mother. He married his childhood girlfriend Sofia Balbi in 2009, and they had their first daughter, Delfina, on 5 August.[4] His older brother Paolo Suárez is also a professional football player. [edit] Career statistics As of 22 May 2011[41][42][43][44] Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[45] Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Nacional 2005–06 27 10 — — 3 0 4 2 34 12 Total 27 10 — — 3 0 4 2 34 12 Groningen 2006–07 29 10 2 1 — 2 1 4 3 37 15 Total 29 10 2 1 — 2 1 4 3 37 15 Ajax 2007–08 33 17 3 2 — 4 1 4 2 44 22 2008–09 31 22 2 1 — 10 5 0 0 43 28 2009–10 33 35 6 8 — 9 6 0 0 48 49 2010–11 13 7 1 1 — 9 4 1 0 24 12 Total 110 81 12 12 — 32 16 5 2 159 111 Liverpool 2010–11 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 Total 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 Career Total 179 105 14 13 0 0 37 17 13 7 242 142 [edit] Honours [edit] Club Nacional * Primera División: 2005–06 Ajax * Eredivisie: 2010-11 * KNVB Cup: 2009-10 [edit] Individual * Eredivisie top goalscorer: 2009-10 * Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2009-10 * Ajax Player of the Year: 2008-09, 2009-10 * Ajax top goalscorer: 2008-09, 2009-10 * Liverpool F.C. Standard Chartered player of the month: March 2011 * Liverpool F.C. Standard Chartered player of the month: May 2011 [edit] International Uruguay * 2010 World Cup: Fourth Place [edit] References 1. ^ "2010 FIFA World Cup – Luis SUAREZ". FIFA.com. 7 February 2007. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=270775/index.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 2. ^ "Ficha de jugador del selección: Luis Suárez". Tenfield. http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hprfchsj?2,1378,2%2F1378%2F1535%2F,1,7732. Retrieved 11 May 2009. [dead link] 3. ^ "Suarez the El Pistolero Gets Off To a Flyer". Box Office Football. http://www.boxofficefootball.com/suarez-the-el-pistolero-gets-off-to-a-flyer/. Retrieved 5 June 2011. 4. ^ a b Ben Lyttleton: In Suarez's absence Uruguay will lean even more heavily on Forlan Sports Illustrated, 4 July 2010 5. ^ "Suarez in Barcelona vader geworden van dochter" (in Dutch). 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Luis Alberto Suárez

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This name uses Spanish naming customs. The first or paternal family name is "Suárez" and the second or maternal family name is "Díaz".
Luis Suárez
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Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Date of birth 24 January 1987 (1987-01-24) (age 24)
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2005 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Nacional 35 (12)
2006–2007 FC Groningen 37 (15)
2007–2011 Ajax 110 (81)
2011– Liverpool 13 (4)
National team‡
2007 Uruguay U20 4 (2)
2007– Uruguay[2] 39 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 May 2011
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwiz 'swares]; born 24 January 1987) is an Uruguayan international footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool as a centre forward. Suárez also plays for the Uruguayan national team. He is known as 'El Pistolero' (The Pistol).[3] Suárez grew up in Salto alongside six siblings, with a single mother.[4] 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 and the departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain. Suarez moved to Liverpool for €26.5 million in January 2011, briefly becoming the club's most expensive player.
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 in Barcelona.[5] 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, Dennis Bergkamp and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.[6]

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

In Uruguay, Suárez played for Nacional. During his time with the Uruguayan club under the management of ConCon, he won the national championship. In his first season with the club he scored 13 goals but only played in 16 games.

[edit] Groningen


Suárez moved to Groningen at the age of 19.
After that controversial season, Groningen purchased him for approximately € 800,000. During his first season in Europe, Suárez performed well at Groningen, scoring 10 goals in 29 appearances.[7] His impressive play attracted the attention of other European clubs and, following the season, he was sold to Ajax for 7.5million on 9 August 2007.[8]

[edit] Ajax

The transfer initially seemed doomed when Suárez lost his case before the Dutch Football Association's arbitration committee.[9] That same day, however, Ajax informed Groningen that they would be willing to pay more for him.[9]
Suárez made his official debut for the team in the Champions League qualifier against Slavia Prague.[10] In the match he won a penalty kick for Ajax, though it was missed by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. In his Eredivisie debut for the club, he scored one goal, made three assists and won another penalty, helping Ajax beat newly promoted De Graafschap 8–1.[11] In his home debut at the Amsterdam Arena, he scored another two goals against Heerenveen to continue the excellent start to his Ajax career.[12] He then scored a hat-trick for the club in the league match against Willem II, to take his tally for Ajax to 14 goals in 27 appearances.[13][14] He ended his first season with Ajax with 20 goals in 40 appearances.[15]

Suárez (with the Ajax flag) as Ajax skipper in 2010.
Suárez received a lot of negative attention in the 2008–09 season, due to the high number of yellow cards he received.[16] He was given a seventh yellow card against Utrecht in a 2–0 win for Ajax, which earned him a suspension against Den Haag.[17] He ended the 2008–09 season with 22 goals from 31 games in the league,[7] finishing second in the top-scorers table, a goal behind Mounir El Hamdaoui of AZ.[18]
In the 2009–10 season Suárez scored his first league goals in the second match against RKC Waalwijk on 8 August 2009, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 victory, with the second goal being a 25-meter scorcher.[19] He added more goals by scoring two goals against arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven, despite finishing on the losing side as Ajax were defeated 4–3.[20] In the play-off round first-leg of the newly-incepted UEFA Europa League, Suárez netted four goals in a 5–0 win over Slovan Bratislava on 20 August.A month later, on 20 September 2009, Suárez scored four goals in a 4–0 win against VVV, taking his tally this season to 10 goals in seven league games.[21] He scored one goal and missed two penalties as Ajax beat Timişoara 2–1 to reach the knockout stage of the Europa League.[22] On 23 December 2009, he scored six goals in a single match against the amateur team of WHC in the Dutch cup helping Ajax to win by a record margin of 14–1.[23] On 11 April 2010, Suárez scored three goals during the first half as VVV this time were defeated 7–0. Suárez ended the 2009–10 season as top scorer in the league with 35 goals (49 goals in all competitions) and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year.[24]
At the start of the 2010–11 season, Suárez scored his 100th goal for Ajax, in a 1–1 home draw against PAOK in the Champions League third qualifying round.[6] On 29 August 2010, Suárez scored a hat trick against De Graafschap in a 0–5 away win.[25] In November 2010, Ajax suspended Suárez for two league matches after he bit PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder during their 0–0 draw on 20 November 2010. He was also fined an undisclosed amount which the club said they would donate to a "good cause". The Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf branded Suarez the “Cannibal of Ajax”.[26] The KNVB penalized Suárez with a suspension for seven league matches.[27] Because of his suspension, Suárez did not play any league matches under new manager Frank de Boer. The last official match he played was for the Uefa Champions League at A.C. Milan. He was last seen in an Ajax-shirt in a friendly against Galatasaray and he scored his last goal in a friendly against Hamburger SV. He was given a league winners medal having made 13 appearances in their title winning season.

[edit] Liverpool

On 28 January 2011, Ajax accepted a £22.8 million (€26.5 million) offer for Suárez from Premier League club Liverpool F.C.[28] The following day, Suárez passed his medical[29] and signed a five and a half-year deal that will keep him with the club until 2016.[30] Suarez was awarded the number 7 shirt previously worn by manager Kenny Daglish. He became the club's record signing for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes until the arrival of Andy Carroll from Newcastle United.[31][32] Suárez made his Liverpool debut on 2 February against Stoke City at Anfield, coming off the bench in the 63rd minute to score Liverpool's second goal in front of the Kop as they won 2–0.[33] Suárez started his first game for Liverpool against Wigan Athletic on 12 February 2011, and he scored his second Liverpool goal against Sunderland. He made a run down the right hand flank past Kieran Richardson and cutting in before beating Simon Mignolet from a tight angle, making the score 2-0 to Liverpool.[34] On 1 May 2011, Suarez scored the third goal in a 3-0 win over Newcastle United at Anfield set up by Dirk Kuyt, after winning the penalty kick which Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool's second. Suarez's 4th Liverpool goal came during a 5-2 win over Fulham away at Craven Cottage. During a Man of the Match performance, Suarez was put through on goal from a marvelous Jonjo Shelvey through-ball. The Uruguayan subsequently took it around Mark Schwarzer and finished into an empty net for Liverpool's 5th of the night. Luis Suarez's nickname is El Pistolero which means the gunner in Spanish.

[edit] International career


Suárez (left) with Diego Forlán at the 2010 World Cup
Suárez made his debut for Uruguay on 8 February 2007, in a 3–1 win against Colombia. He was sent-off in the 85th minute after receiving a second yellow card. Suárez has since continued participating with the Uruguayan national team, becoming a starter in the first four games of the 2010 World Cup qualifier. He scored two goals in four games, against Bolivia and Chile, forming a lethal striking force with compatriot Diego Forlán. On March 25, 2011, he withdrew from a friendly match against Estonia due to injury.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup

On 1 June 2010, Óscar Tabárez announced that Suárez would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 World Cup.[35] Suárez was a starter in all three Uruguay's group matches at the World Cup. On 22 June, he scored his first goal against Mexico and helped Uruguay win their group.[36] On 26 June 2010, during the Round of 16, he scored both goals against South Korea in a 2–1 win and put Uruguay through to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1970.[37] During the 2010 World Cup Suarez scored three goals, made six appearances, played for 543 minutes and received one red card.[38] At the World Cup, Suárez was an integral part of the Uruguayan team that reached the semi-final, forming a formidable partnership with Diego Forlán, scoring three goals, before eventually losing to the Netherlands (Suárez was suspended for the semi-final against Holland). He gained worldwide notoriety during the quarter final match against Ghana for handling the ball on the line in the last minute of extra-time and then celebrating Asamoah Gyan's subsequent penalty miss.[39] Uruguay won the penalty shoot-out that followed.

[edit] International goals

As of 8 October 2010[40]

[edit] Personal life

Suárez grew up alongside six siblings, with a single mother. He married his childhood girlfriend Sofia Balbi in 2009, and they had their first daughter, Delfina, on 5 August.[4] His older brother Paolo Suárez is also a professional football player.

[edit] Career statistics

As of 22 May 2011[41][42][43][44]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[45] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2005–06 27 10 — — 3 0 4 2 34 12
Total 27 10 — — 3 0 4 2 34 12
Groningen 2006–07 29 10 2 1 — 2 1 4 3 37 15
Total 29 10 2 1 — 2 1 4 3 37 15
Ajax 2007–08 33 17 3 2 — 4 1 4 2 44 22
2008–09 31 22 2 1 — 10 5 0 0 43 28
2009–10 33 35 6 8 — 9 6 0 0 48 49
2010–11 13 7 1 1 — 9 4 1 0 24 12
Total 110 81 12 12 — 32 16 5 2 159 111
Liverpool 2010–11 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
Total 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
Career Total 179 105 14 13 0 0 37 17 13 7 242 142

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Nacional
Ajax

[edit] Individual

[edit] International

Uruguay

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  45. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Johan Cruijff Shield and the Playoffs
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