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Luis Suarez was seven years old when he started playing football on the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay. That guile and trickery of the street kid, the botija, attracted the attention of scouts from Dutch team Groningen, before giants Ajax decided to recruit him into their ranks. After a phenomenal number of goals and a starring appearance in the 2010 World Cup, Suarez was lured to Merseyside and the famous red shirt by another iconic no.7, Kenny Dalglish. From then on, he terrorised defences, driving a resurgent Liverpool towards their most exciting top-flight season in twenty-four years. But there is another side to Luis Suarez. His naturally fiery temperament had him caught up in a very public incident with Patrice Evra of bitter rivals Manchester United, and he was banned for ten games after biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. And then, in the summer of 2014, came the tournament that defined the enigma that is Luis Suarez. After scoring a heroic, last-gasp winner to knock England out of the World Cup, he seemed destined to fire Uruguay onwards. But, in their following game, he suffered another moment of madness, biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. The images sent shockwaves around the world and cast Suarez as the villain of the tournament. Banned from football for four months, derided by the press, he left Brazil in the most ignominious of circumstances. In the summer's final twist, he became one of the most expensive signings of all time, moving from Liverpool to join Messi, Neymar and co at Barcelona for GBP75 million. Here, in his official autobiography, Suarez talks candidly about the highs and lows of his career, his journey from scrapping street kid to the world stage, and the never-say-die attitude that sometimes makes him cross the line.

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Luis Alberto Suarez Diaz was born in the Uruguayan city of Salto on January 24 1987. When he was seven his family moved to Montevideo and fell in love with football. Rapidly rising to a first-team position for locals Club Nacional de Football, it wasn't long before he was plying his trade in Holland - first with Groningen and then superstars Ajax, where he was named Dutch Footballer of the Year and amassed one hundred goals for the club. In January 2011 Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish paid GBP22.8m pounds to secure Suarez's services, making him the most expensive player for the club at the time. Suarez scored on his debut in front of the Kop, and wrote himself into Merseyside folklore. On 30 March 2014, he broke Robbie Fowler's club record of 28 goals in a Premier League season, and won the Golden Boot, before moving to Spanish superstars Barcelona. At international level, he is Uruguay's alltime record goalscorer.

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