500 GOALS FOR LUIS SUAREZ !

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 | IFFHS News Category

Picture : Luis Suarez, his six clubs and the National team to score the 500 goals.

Luis Suarez enters “Club 500+ goals”!

On March 21, the Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez has scored his 500th top-level goal in the career. This event happened in the game of La Liga vs Alaves (1:0).

34-years old Suarez became 22th player and the first Uruguayan in the football history to achieve this feat. He scored 63 goals for the national team and 437 goals for 6 clubs (Nacional, Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid).

The first of his 500 goals is dated by 10 September 2005 in the game of Uruguayan league Nacional – Paysandú (5:0).
His most productive game (6 goals) was Netherlands Cup game Ajax vs WHC Wezep (14:1) on 23 December 2009.
In total, Suarez took 794 games for reaching the landmark.

		SUAREZ GOALS

Years	Club	League	Goals				Total
			NL	NC	ICC	Uruguay
2005-06	Nacional	Uruguay	12				12
2006-07	Groningen	Netherlands	13	1	1		15
2007-11	Ajax	Netherlands	83	12	16		111
2011-14	Liverpool	England	69	9	4		82
2014-20	Barcelona	Spain	147	20	31		198
2020-	Atlético Madrid	Spain	19				19
2007-						63	63
Total			343	42	52	63	500

Abbreviatures:
NL = National League (top divisions)
NC = National Cups
ICC = International Club Competitions