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Crossing the Line : My Story

Luis Suarez

The explosive autobiography from the former Liverpool and Uruguay star striker Luis Suarez. Luis Suarez was seven years old when he started playing football on the streets of Montevideo. That guile and trickery of the street kid, the botija, attracted the attention of scouts from Dutch team Groningen, before the giants of Ajax decided to recruit him into their ranks. After a phenomenal number of goals and a starring appearence 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, the botija became El Pistolero (The Gunslinger), as he terrorised defences, driving a resurgent Liverpool towards their most exciting top-flight season in twenty-four years. But Suarez's career has not been without controversy. 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. Here, in his official autobiography, Suarez will talk candidly about the highs and lows of his career, his love of his adopted city and fans, the never-say-die attitude that sometimes makes him go too far, and how it feels to be a big part of bringing the glory days back to the fans on the Kop.

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : OCT 24, 2014
  • Imprint : Headline
  • Page Extent : 288
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781472224248
  • Price : INR 599
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Luis Suarez

Luis Alberto Suárez Diaz was born in the Uruguayan city of Salto in January 1987. His family moved to Montevideo when he was seven. After several years of graft he broke into the first team of local side Nacional and then earned the right to take his chance in Dutch football - first with Groningen and then with giants Ajax where he amassed a century of goals for the club and was named Footballer of the Year in 2010.

In January 2011 Liverpool paid £22.8m to take Suárez to Anfield making him the club's most expensive signing at the time. Suárez scored on his debut in front of the Kop and then proceeded to write himself into Merseyside folklore scoring 82 goals in just 133 appearances. He finished the 2013-14 season with 31 League goals from 33 matches in the process sharing Europe's Golden Shoe with Cristiano Ronaldo and being named Footballer of the Year by the FWA and Players' Player of the Year by the PFA.

On 11 July 2014 Barcelona announced that they had signed Suárez. In his first season at the Nou Camp he helped Barca to La Liga and Copa del Rey titles scoring 16 goals in 27 games.

At international level he is Uruguay's all-time record goal-scorer and in 2011 he fired his country to victory in the Copa America.

Suárez is married with two children.

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