TEAMtalk takes a look at the controversial career of Luis Suarez after Liverpool and Barcelona agreed a fee for the Uruguay striker.
1987: Born January 24 in Salto, Uruguay.
2005: Makes professional debut with Montevideo club Nacional, scoring 12 goals in 29 games in his one and only season in South America.
2006: Signs for Dutch side FC Groningen and fires 10 goals in 29 appearances for the club.
2007: February 8 - Makes debut for Uruguay against Colombia and is sent off in the 85th minute.
August - Joins Ajax in a deal reportedly worth 7.5million euros.
2010: May - Enjoys his most prolific season in Holland, with 35 goals in 33 Eredivisie matches.
June - Scores three goals to help Uruguay reach the World Cup quarter-finals but is then sent off for a goal-line handball against Ghana in the last eight. Ghana miss the resulting penalty before Uruguay go on to triumph in a shoot-out.
November - Banned for seven matches after being found guilty of biting PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal.
2011: January 28 - Liverpool agree a deal worth up to £22.8million with Ajax for Suarez.
February 2 - Scores on his Liverpool debut in a 2-0 victory over Stoke at Anfield.
July - Scores four goals and is named player of the tournament as Uruguay win Copa America.
October 15 - Manchester United defender Patrice Evra makes an allegation that Suarez racially abused him during the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and United.
November 17 - Suarez is charged by the Football Association with racially abusing Evra following a month-long investigation.
December 7 - Charged with improper conduct following a gesture to fans as he left the pitch following the 1-0 defeat at Fulham.
December 20 - The FA bans Suarez for eight matches and fines him £40,000 for the Evra incident. Liverpool issue a strongly-worded statement in defence of the player.
December 28 - Suarez banned for one match and fined £20,000 after admitting improper conduct charge relating to his gesture towards Fulham fans.
2012: February 11 - On his return to the first XI, refuses to shake Evra's hand before going on to score in Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Manchester United. Afterwards, Sir Alex Ferguson says he is "a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club", adding: "I would get rid of him if I were them."
February 12 - Apologises for his refusal to shake Evra's hand.
August 7 - Signs new long-term contract with Liverpool.
2013: April 21 - Bites Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic on the arm before going on to score equaliser in 2-2 draw at Anfield. Apologises for his "inexcusable behaviour" soon after the match.
April 22 - Fined by club and charged by the FA with violent conduct for Ivanovic incident. Pledges to donate money to Hillsborough Family Support Group. Managing director Ian Ayre issues statement saying the club want Suarez to see out his contract, which runs until summer 2016.
April 24 - Handed 10-game ban by an independent regulatory commission for biting Ivanovic, confirmed by the FA.
May 31 - Signals his intentions to leave Liverpool.
August 6 - Repeats his desire to leave after a bid from Arsenal of £40,000,001 is turned down. Made to train away from the first team.
August 14 - Returns to first-team training and apologies for trying to leave.
September 25 - Makes his return from suspension.
December 20 - After scoring 17 goals since his return, signs a new long-term contract with the Reds.
2014: April 20 - Scores the second goal in a 3-2 win over Norwich to become the first Liverpool player to score 30 league goals in a season since Ian Rush in 1987.
April 27 - Wins the Professional Footballers' Association's Player of the Year award.
June 24 - Finds himself at the centre of further controversy, and the subject of FIFA disciplinary proceedings, when footage shows him appearing to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini while playing for Uruguay in a World Cup Group D match.
June 26 - FIFA announces Suarez has been suspended for nine international matches and banned from all football activity for four months, plus fined 100,000 Swiss francs (just under £66,000) for the incident.
July 10 - FIFA rejects appeals from Suarez and the Uruguay Football Federation (AUF) against the sanctions handed down.
July 11 - Liverpool and Barcelona agree a fee for the sale of Suarez to the Catalan club, with the striker to sign a five-year contract at the Nou Camp subject to a medical.
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