Uruguayan star striker Luis Suárez has announced his retirement from the national team. He will play his last game for the Celeste next Friday in the World Cup qualifier against Paraguay, the veteran said at a press conference in Montevideo. “I gave everything for the national team,” he said, his voice choked with tears. “But I’m 37 years old and the next World Cup is still a long way off.”
With 69 goals, Suárez is the Uruguayan national team’s record goalscorer and is considered one of the best strikers of his generation. However, he has also repeatedly attracted attention through unsportsmanlike conduct over the course of his career. One scene in particular went around the world during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when he bit the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini and was subsequently banned for nine international matches.
Suárez has played for Ajax Amsterdam, Liverpool FC and Barcelona FC, among others. He is currently under contract with Inter Miami, where he plays alongside Argentine star striker Lionel Messi, with whom he is also a close friend in private.
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