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Luis Suárez Miramontes (born May 2, 1935) is a
Spanish former footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder
for Deportivo de La Coruña, CD España Industrial, CF
Barcelona, Internazionale, Sampdoria and Spain. Suárez who usually
played as an inside left, is regarded as one of Spain's greatest
players. He was noted for his perceptive passing and explosive shot
and in 1960 he became the only Spanish-born player to date to be
voted the European Footballer of the Year. In 1964 he
helped Spain win the European Championship. He was also a
prominent member of the successful CF Barcelona team of
the 1950s before he joined Inter where he was an
equally prominent member of the legendary Great Inter side of the 1960s. He retired
as a player in 1973, after three seasons at Sampdoria.
Suárez subsequently began a career as a coach and has managed Internazionale on three
separate occasions, the last two on a caretaker basis. Suárez has
also coached both Spain U21s and
the senior Spain team. He was in
charge of the latter for 27 games and led them to the second round
of the 1990 World Cup. He has also coached
several Italian and Spanish club sides. He is currently a scout for
Inter.
Biography
Early
career
Suárez was born in A
Coruña, Galicia. He lived on the Avenida de
Hércules in the barrio of La Torre .
He began his career with Deportivo de La Coruña in 1949
and worked his way through the junior sides before making his La Liga debut with Deportivo on
December 6, 1953 in a 6-1 defeat to FC Barcelona. Among his team mates at
Deportivo were Pahiño and
Arsenio
Iglesias. He played 17 games and scored 3 goals for Deportivo
during the remaining season. In 1954 he transferred to CF
Barcelona and but spent most of the 1954/55 season playing for
CD España Industrial,
their reserve
team.
CF
Barcelona
Between 1955 and 1961 Suárez was a regular in a CF
Barcelona team that also included Ladislao Kubala, Zoltán Czibor,
Sándor
Kocsis, Ramallets
and Evaristo. With Helenio Herrera
as coach, the club and Suárez won a La Liga/Copa del
Generalísimo double in 1959 and a La Liga/Fairs
Cup double in 1960. Suárez was also voted European Footballer of the Year in 1960.
One of his last games for FC Barcelona was the final of the European Cup in 1961 which they lost 3-2 to
S.L. Benfica.
Internazionale
In 1961 Suárez became the world's most expensive
footballer when FC
Barcelona sold him to Internazionale for 250
million Italian
liras (£142,000). The move saw him follow his mentor Helenio
Herrera.
Suárez became a regular in the Great Inter team that
won three Serie A titles,
two consecutive European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups.
Between 1961 and 1970 he made 328 appearances for Inter and scored
55 goals.
Spain
Suárez also played 32 games for Spain and scored 14 goals.
He made his debut on December 6, 1957 in a 6-1 victory over Holland and represented Spain at both the
1962 and 1966 World Cups. However his
greatest achievement with Spain came in 1964 when, together with Josep Fusté, Amancio Amaro, José
Ángel Iribar and Jesús María Pereda, he helped them
win the European Championship. He played his final
game for Spain in 1972.
Career
statistics
Honours
Club
Country
Individual
References
External
links
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Internazionale
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