Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1997)
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Suárez playing for Colombia in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Javier Suárez Charris | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 2016–2017 | → Granada B (loan) | 35 | (5) |
| 2017–2020 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Valladolid B (loan) | 34 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 36 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 38 | (19) |
| 2020–2022 | Granada | 64 | (13) |
| 2022–2023 | Marseille | 7 | (3) |
| 2023 | → Almería (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2023–2025 | Almería | 56 | (33) |
| 2025– | Sporting CP | 24 | (23) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Colombia | 8 | (4) |
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* 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.