The previous Barcelona and Internazionale midfielder Luis Suárez, the one Spanish-born males’s footballer to have gained the Ballon d’Or, has died on the age of 88, the 2 golf equipment confirmed on Sunday.
Suárez, who joined Barcelona in 1955, gained the Ballon d’Or after claiming a league and cup double with the Catalan membership in 1959. He additionally gained 32 caps for Spain and was a part of the squad that gained the European Championship in 1964.
“Luis Suárez Miramontes died this Sunday in Milan on the age of 88,” Barcelona mentioned in a press release. “Affectionately often called ‘Luisito’, he’s thought-about by everybody to be top-of-the-line gamers within the historical past of Spanish soccer, in addition to being a key a part of Barca within the second half of the Nineteen Fifties.”
Suárez joined Inter in 1961, successful three Serie A titles, two European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups throughout his 9 years in Milan. “Saying goodbye to Luisito leaves us with a profound unhappiness: nostalgia for his excellent and incomparable soccer, which impressed generations, is mixed with the reminiscence of a novel footballer and an amazing, nice Inter participant,” Inter mentioned in a press release. “We are going to miss him, as a result of as [former Inter manager] Helenio Herrera preached: ‘For those who don’t know what to do, give the ball to Suárez’.”
After retiring from enjoying in 1973, Suárez went on to handle Inter, Deportivo La Coruña, Cagliari and Spal. He additionally took cost of Spain’s nationwide staff between 1988-91, main them to the final 16 of the 1990 World Cup.
Alfredo Di Stéfano, who gained the Ballon d’Or in 1957 and 1959, was born in Argentina however took Spanish nationality in 1956.
