Luis Suarez Miramontes, a soccer legend and the primary Spanish-born Ballon d’Or winner, has died on the age of 88 in Milan. This has been confirmed by Inter, the place he spent a lot of his profession.
“A singular expertise and a terrific Inter fan. The quantity 10 of the nice Inter who took our colors to the roof of Italy, Europe and the world,” the Nerazzurri membership wrote.
“If you do not know what to do, give the ball to Suarez. Goodbye Luisito.”
The Spaniard, who made his skilled debut with Deportivo de La Coruna, performed for Barcelona for seven seasons, profitable two LaLiga titles, two Copa del Rey and the Ballon d’Or (1960), beating Ferenc Puskas within the voting. He was the primary Spanish-born winner of the trophy, as Alfredo Di Stefano gained two as a Spaniard, however naturalised.
He additionally performed in Italy between 1961 and 1973 for Inter and Sampdoria. With the Nerazzurri he gained three Italian championships and two European Cups. He completed his profession as a footballer with Sampdoria, earlier than beginning as a coach.
At worldwide degree, he was European champion with Spain in 1964. He was capped 32 occasions, scoring 13 objectives.
Between 1980 and 1988, he was Spain’s U21 coach, with whom he gained the primary European title on this class for the nation. Then, between 1988 and 1991, he was the senior nationwide workforce coach, main La Roja on the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
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