Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1997)

Luis Suárez
Suárez playing for Colombia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luis Javier Suárez Charris
Date of birth (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Sporting CP
Number 97
Youth career
Leones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Leones 8 (0)
2016–2017Granada B (loan) 35 (5)
2017–2020 Watford 0 (0)
2017–2018Valladolid B (loan) 34 (11)
2018–2019Gimnàstic (loan) 36 (7)
2019–2020Zaragoza (loan) 38 (19)
2020–2022 Granada 64 (13)
2022–2023 Marseille 7 (3)
2023Almería (loan) 21 (4)
2023–2025 Almería 56 (33)
2025– Sporting CP 24 (23)
International career
2020– Colombia 8 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 March 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Luis Javier Suárez Charris (born 2 December 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Colombia national team.

After beginning his career in Colombia with Leones, he moved to Spain with Granada B in 2016, followed by loans at Valladolid B in 2017, Gimnàstic in 2018, and Zaragoza in 2019. In 2020, he signed for Granada, before joining Marseille in 2022. He later moved to Almería in 2023, a deal made permanent after the club secured La Liga safety. He finished as the Segunda División top scorer in 2025, before transferring to Sporting CP later that year.

Suárez made his senior debut for the Colombia in 2020 in a World Cup qualifier against Uruguay.