2023-07-09 10:39:42
He Spanish footballer Luis Suárez Miramontes, former Barça player, soccer legend and Golden Ball, He died today in the city of Milan (north) at the age of 88, as announced by the club Inter de Milanthe club he played for and coached for years.
“The perfect footballer who, with his talent, has inspired generations. Goodbye, Luisito,” the team wrote on their social networks. Suárez (La Coruña, 1935) came to Milan to play for Inter in the 1961/1962 season and ended up staying in the city until the end of his days.
The footballer became the first Spaniard to win a Ballon d’Or, in 1960, a feat that would not be repeated until Alexia Putellas won her two golden spheres in 2021 and 2022. Luisito Suárez, brother of fellow footballer José Suárez Miramontes, was considered one of the most outstanding figures in Spanish football in the last century.
Seven seasons for Barcelona
His career began in the Deportivo de La Coruña in 1953, although a year later he signed for the Barcelona, where he stayed for seven seasons in which he won two league titles, among other various awards such as two Spanish Cups.
in 1957 debuted with the national team at the Santiago Bernabeu and was one of the supporters of the remembered triumph of Euro 1964.
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The Ballon d’Or came in 1960, wearing the blaugrana shirt, prevailing in the vote to Ferenk Puskás. His streak would continue, since in the following edition he was second.
‘The architect’, as Alfredo Di Stefano nicknamed him, he was transferred in 1961 to Inter Milan – the first Spaniard in the military at the Italian club – signed by his then coach, the Argentine Helenio Herrera. At ‘Grande Inter’ he played for seven seasons, during which time he won three “Scudetti”, two Champions Cups and two Intercontinentals.
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