Uruguay and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has played 441 matches at senior level.

He may have scored 260 goals, but he's also bitten three opponents, PSV's Otman Bakkal, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanonic and Giorgio Chiellini in the game against Italy.

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Some (very rough) working out by the New Statesman shows that Suarez will have played a maximum of 6,160 opponents during his career - 11 opponents and the three substitutes.

Having bitten three opponents in that time, they surmise that any opponent of Suarez has about a one in 2,000 chance of getting the same treatment by the 27-year-old.

Shape Created with Sketch. Luis Suarez: His controversial career in pictures Show all 28 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Luis Suarez: His controversial career in pictures 1/28 August 2006 Heads to Europe to join Groningen from Uruguayan side Nacional. Scores 10 goals in 29 league games. GETTY IMAGES 2/28 August 2007 Joins Dutch giants Ajax from fellow Eredivisie side Groningen for €7.5 million. Finishes 2009-10 season with an incredible 49 goals in just 48 games. GETTY IMAGES 3/28 February 2007 High followed by low. Suarez makes his international debut for Uruguay against Colombia but was sent-off in the final minutes after being shown a second yellow card for dissent. GETTY IMAGES 4/28 November 2007 Fined by Ajax along with Albert Luque after an altercation in the dressing room at half-time in the match against fierce rivals Feyenoord. GETTY IMAGES 5/28 July 2009: Named Ajax captain by manager Martin Jol after team meeting. Named Ajax captain by manager Martin Jol after team meeting. GETTY IMAGES 6/28 May 2010 Finishes season as Eredivisie top scorer with 35 league goals in 33 games. Named Ajax Player of the Year for the second straight time and Dutch Footballer of the Year for 2009-10 season. GETTY IMAGES 7/28 July 2010 During the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals, Suarez prevented Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah's goal-bound effort with a deliberate handball on the line in the final-minute and was subsequently sent off. A penalty was awarded but missed by Asamoah Gyan with footage showing an elated Suarez celebrating. Uruguay eventually went through following a penalty shoot-out to reach semi-finals. Became a national hero GETTY IMAGES 8/28 November 2010 Suarez was handed a seven-match ban by the Dutch FA and fined by his club for biting PSV midfielder Otman Bakkal during an Eredivisie match. GETTY IMAGES 9/28 January 2011 Moves to Liverpool from Ajax for £22.8m. Suarez scored 111 goals in 159 games for Ajax. He makes an immediate impact against Stoke on his debut on February 2 as he comes off the bench to score in front of the Kop in a 2-0 win. He finishes 2010-11 season with four goals in 13 games as Liverpool finish sixth. GETTY IMAGES 10/28 July 2011 Wins Copa America with Uruguay. Named player of the tournament. GETTY IMAGES 11/28 October 2011 Involved in a tackle with Everton's Jack Rodwell and goes down with apparent minimal contact. Rodwell was then sent off. GETTY IMAGES 12/28 October 2011 Suarez was alleged to have racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a Premier League match. Suarez was later found guilty by an independent regulatory commission and banned for eight matches and fined £40,000. GETTY IMAGES 13/28 December 2011 Was seen making an offensive gesture towards Fulham fans. Handed a further one-match ban for the gesture. GETTY IMAGES 14/28 February 2012 United and Liverpool met again at Old Trafford, but more controversy followed as Suarez refused to shake Evra's hand before kick-off. GETTY IMAGES 15/28 February 2012 Wins his first trophy with Liverpool after 3-2 win on penalties against Cardiff City in the Carling Cup following 2-2 draw. Liverpool finish the season in eight place with Suarez scoring 11 league goals. In August he signs a new long-term contract. GETTY IMAGES 16/28 August 2012 Named as Uruguay captain for Summer Olympics. Suarez fails to score as Uruguay are eliminated in first round. GETTY IMAGES 17/28 September 2012 Suarez scores a stunning hat-trick as Liverpool thrash Norwich 5-2 at Carrow Road. GETTY IMAGES 18/28 October 2012 Celebrated a goal against Everton by diving in front of Toffees boss David Moyes who had earlier claimed that "divers" such as Suarez were putting fans off the English game. GETTY IMAGES 19/28 January 2013 More controversy as a clear handball preceded his winning goal for Liverpool as they defeat Mansfield Town 2-1. GETTY IMAGES 20/28 March 2013 Suarez punches Gonzalo Jara during Uruguay's World Cup qualification defeat against Chile. The referee missed the incident. 21/28 March 2013 Suarez bites the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at Anfield. Liverpool fined the defender before he was banned for 10 matches GETTY IMAGES 22/28 May 2013 After days of hints over an exit, during a press conference in Uruguay Suarez confirms he wishes to leave Liverpool, blaming press intrusion for he desire to go. Despite strong interest from Arsenal, Liverpool refuse to let him leave GETTY IMAGES 23/28 December 2013 Suarez performs the ultimate U-turn on his push for a summer exit by signing a new long-term contract to remain at Anfield. "I am so proud to represent them and go out to do my best for them every time I pull on the shirt," he says. Getty Images 24/28 January 2014 Suarez goes down easily after Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan comes charging out of his goal, with referee Jon Moss giving the penalty GETTY IMAGES 25/28 May 2013 Suarez hides his face after he is left in tears following the 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace that cost Liverpool the Premier League title Getty Images 26/28 May 2014 But Suarez does secure silverware as he wins the Golden Boot via his 31 Premier League goals, as well as the PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year awards after he appears to have ditched his controversial ways. GETTY IMAGES 27/28 May 2014 Suarez leaves hospital in Uruguay after having surgery on his injured meniscus in his right knee just a month before the World Cup begins Reuters 28/28 June 2014 Suarez is accused of biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 victory in the World Cup Getty Images 1/28 August 2006 Heads to Europe to join Groningen from Uruguayan side Nacional. Scores 10 goals in 29 league games. GETTY IMAGES 2/28 August 2007 Joins Dutch giants Ajax from fellow Eredivisie side Groningen for €7.5 million. Finishes 2009-10 season with an incredible 49 goals in just 48 games. GETTY IMAGES 3/28 February 2007 High followed by low. Suarez makes his international debut for Uruguay against Colombia but was sent-off in the final minutes after being shown a second yellow card for dissent. GETTY IMAGES 4/28 November 2007 Fined by Ajax along with Albert Luque after an altercation in the dressing room at half-time in the match against fierce rivals Feyenoord. GETTY IMAGES 5/28 July 2009: Named Ajax captain by manager Martin Jol after team meeting. Named Ajax captain by manager Martin Jol after team meeting. GETTY IMAGES 6/28 May 2010 Finishes season as Eredivisie top scorer with 35 league goals in 33 games. Named Ajax Player of the Year for the second straight time and Dutch Footballer of the Year for 2009-10 season. GETTY IMAGES 7/28 July 2010 During the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals, Suarez prevented Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah's goal-bound effort with a deliberate handball on the line in the final-minute and was subsequently sent off. A penalty was awarded but missed by Asamoah Gyan with footage showing an elated Suarez celebrating. Uruguay eventually went through following a penalty shoot-out to reach semi-finals. Became a national hero GETTY IMAGES 8/28 November 2010 Suarez was handed a seven-match ban by the Dutch FA and fined by his club for biting PSV midfielder Otman Bakkal during an Eredivisie match. GETTY IMAGES 9/28 January 2011 Moves to Liverpool from Ajax for £22.8m. Suarez scored 111 goals in 159 games for Ajax. He makes an immediate impact against Stoke on his debut on February 2 as he comes off the bench to score in front of the Kop in a 2-0 win. He finishes 2010-11 season with four goals in 13 games as Liverpool finish sixth. GETTY IMAGES 10/28 July 2011 Wins Copa America with Uruguay. Named player of the tournament. GETTY IMAGES 11/28 October 2011 Involved in a tackle with Everton's Jack Rodwell and goes down with apparent minimal contact. Rodwell was then sent off. GETTY IMAGES 12/28 October 2011 Suarez was alleged to have racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a Premier League match. Suarez was later found guilty by an independent regulatory commission and banned for eight matches and fined £40,000. GETTY IMAGES 13/28 December 2011 Was seen making an offensive gesture towards Fulham fans. Handed a further one-match ban for the gesture. GETTY IMAGES 14/28 February 2012 United and Liverpool met again at Old Trafford, but more controversy followed as Suarez refused to shake Evra's hand before kick-off. GETTY IMAGES 15/28 February 2012 Wins his first trophy with Liverpool after 3-2 win on penalties against Cardiff City in the Carling Cup following 2-2 draw. Liverpool finish the season in eight place with Suarez scoring 11 league goals. In August he signs a new long-term contract. GETTY IMAGES 16/28 August 2012 Named as Uruguay captain for Summer Olympics. Suarez fails to score as Uruguay are eliminated in first round. GETTY IMAGES 17/28 September 2012 Suarez scores a stunning hat-trick as Liverpool thrash Norwich 5-2 at Carrow Road. GETTY IMAGES 18/28 October 2012 Celebrated a goal against Everton by diving in front of Toffees boss David Moyes who had earlier claimed that "divers" such as Suarez were putting fans off the English game. GETTY IMAGES 19/28 January 2013 More controversy as a clear handball preceded his winning goal for Liverpool as they defeat Mansfield Town 2-1. GETTY IMAGES 20/28 March 2013 Suarez punches Gonzalo Jara during Uruguay's World Cup qualification defeat against Chile. The referee missed the incident. 21/28 March 2013 Suarez bites the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at Anfield. Liverpool fined the defender before he was banned for 10 matches GETTY IMAGES 22/28 May 2013 After days of hints over an exit, during a press conference in Uruguay Suarez confirms he wishes to leave Liverpool, blaming press intrusion for he desire to go. Despite strong interest from Arsenal, Liverpool refuse to let him leave GETTY IMAGES 23/28 December 2013 Suarez performs the ultimate U-turn on his push for a summer exit by signing a new long-term contract to remain at Anfield. "I am so proud to represent them and go out to do my best for them every time I pull on the shirt," he says. Getty Images 24/28 January 2014 Suarez goes down easily after Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan comes charging out of his goal, with referee Jon Moss giving the penalty GETTY IMAGES 25/28 May 2013 Suarez hides his face after he is left in tears following the 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace that cost Liverpool the Premier League title Getty Images 26/28 May 2014 But Suarez does secure silverware as he wins the Golden Boot via his 31 Premier League goals, as well as the PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year awards after he appears to have ditched his controversial ways. GETTY IMAGES 27/28 May 2014 Suarez leaves hospital in Uruguay after having surgery on his injured meniscus in his right knee just a month before the World Cup begins Reuters 28/28 June 2014 Suarez is accused of biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 victory in the World Cup Getty Images

To put that sum into context, there is a one in 3.7m chance of being bitten by a shark in the ocean, a one in 10,000 chance of being struck by lightning an one in 76,000 chance of being killed by a wasp, bee or hornet attack and a one in 700,000 chance of being hit by an asteroid.

With all three of those bites coming in the neck/shoulder area, it's clear which part of their body players will need to protect.

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