The forward is on a 10-match ban in the Premier League.
Controversial Liverpool forward, Luis Suarez, was on Sunday named in the Professional Footballers’ Association, Team of the Year for the 2012/2013 Premier League season.
The Uruguayan lost the Player of the Year award to Tottenham’s Gareth Bale, but still made the team of the season.
Suarez was banned for 10 matches in the Premier League after biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic in a League match. He remains second highest goal scorer in the Premier League this season with 23 goals, two behind Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie although the Liverpool striker cannot increase his tally because of the ban.
Below is the list of eleven players that made the PFA Team of the Year.
GK: David De Gea (Manchester United)
DEF: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
DEF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
DEF: Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)
DEF: Leighton Baines (Everton)
MID: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
MID: Juan Mata (Chelsea)
MID: Michael Carrick (Manchester United)
MID: Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
ST: Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
ST: Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
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