Luis Suarez downed Liverpool with two goals before lifting the Uruguayan title with boyhood club FC Nacional.
No, we're not talking about Jurgen Klopp's side where he is regarded as one of the best strikers in the club's history, but instead a Uruguayan namesake.
Suarez bagged a brace for Nacional against Uruguayan side Liverpool
These goals helped his boyhood club to their 47th Uruguayan championship
Netting in the 50th and the 96th minute in extra-time, Suarez helped his boyhood team to a 4-1 victory that saw them lift the Uruguayan title for the 49th time.
For Suarez, it's the 20th honour of his glittering career so far.
It also comes 16 years after the 35-year-old last won the title for Nacional in his first year as a professional, where he scored ten goals in 27 appearances in the 2005/06 campaign.
That impressive campaign earned a move to Dutch side Groningen, before enjoying time with Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
He scored 82 goals in 133 games for Liverpool, which earned him a £75m move to Barcelona where he won a spate of domestic titles and a Champions League.
This Uruguayan title win will no doubt mean a lot to Suarez after he rejoined his boyhood club on a short-term deal in the summer, but while he'll be enjoying the success now, it remains to be seen where he'll be playing next term.
Suarez got a hero's reception and thoroughly enjoyed the celebrations
Suarez will undoubtedly go down as a legend of his boyhood club
That was confirmed by club president Jose Fuentes who said in September: "As soon as the [Uruguay] season is over, Suarez will leave.
"That is what we agreed at the time. I'm saying this so as to not generate false expectations.
"He made a huge effort to come here. Suarez will leave."
A decision is likely to be made after the World Cup where he's expected to feature for Uruguay as they take on South Korea, Portugal and Ghana in one of the trickier groups at the tournament in Qatar.
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