(CNN) -- Luis Suarez will have plenty of time to ponder his tendency to bite opposition players after the Uruguayan striker was banned for nine international matches and suspended for four months from any football activity by FIFA. The Liverpool striker, who has bitten players three times in his career - the latest incident coming in a key World Cup game -- is also set to miss a large chunk of the English Premier season as he is "banned from any football related activity" by football's world governing body. The punishment is the most severe ever handed out at a World Cup for an offense committed on the field of play but the striker does have the right to appeal and is allowed to transfer clubs during the four month period.
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Uruguay striker Luis Suarez banned for nine international games and four months
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Suarez guilty of biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini
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Forward has already been banned for biting twice at club level
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FIFA says Luis Suarez can appeal decision
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