Toluwani Lasisi
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has announced his retirement from international football.
The 37-year-old confirmed that his last appearance for his team will be Uruguay’s World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Saturday.
The former Liverpool and Barcelona Striker is Uruguay’s all-time goalscorer with 69 goals in 142 appearances making his debut for Uruguay against Colombia in February 2007.
Suárez said that he’s been thinking about his retirement and he believed this was the right time.
Suarez played in nine major international tournaments for Uruguay.
In 2011, Suarez led Uruguay to victory in the Copa America in Argentina, finishing as the tournament’s second top scorer with four goals.
At the 2014 World Cup, he scored twice to help Uruguay beat England in the group stages but missed the knockout stages after receiving a fourth-month ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in his side’s final group game.
Suarez was also handed a nine-game international ban and missed the 2015 Copa America.
Suarez would go on to play at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, while he appeared in five editions of the Copa America.
