Former Spanish Ballon d'Or winner Luis Suarez passes away

Former Barcelona and Inter Milan midfielder Luis Suarez the only male footballer born in Spain to win the Ballon DOr died at the age of 88 on SundayThe Spaniard became the first player born in the country to win the Ballon dOr in 1960 and later coached La Roja at the 1990 World CupFrom the RFEF we want to convey our condolences to all relatives and close friends of Luis Suarez Miramontes wrote the Spanish football federation on TwitterSuarez was loved in Italy too after becoming one of the leagues most celebrated midfielders at Inter Milan under coach Helenio Herrera in the 1960sSaying goodbye to Luisito leaves us with a deep melancholy the nostalgia of his perfect and inimitable football which inspired generations is combined with the memory of a unique footballer and a great great Inter player wrote Inter in a statementSuarez born in La Coruna in 1935 began his career at Deportivo La Coruna before moving to Barcelona in 1954 He won two La Liga trophies with the Catalan giants among other silverware and earning the Ballon dOrAlso Read Barcelonas Lewandowski proud of winning his first La Liga titleThe only other player born in Spain to win the Ballon dOr is Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas who has won the womens trophy twiceAlfredo Di Stefano who played for Argentina and later the Spanish national team won it twice but was born in Buenos AiresSuarez moved to Inter Milan in 1961 for a world record fee and won two European Cups and three Serie A trophies as well as other silverware during the clubs most glorious eraHe also lifted the European Championships trophy with Spain in 1964 making 32 appearances for the national team Suarez retired in 1973 at Sampdoria going on to coach both them and Inter as well as Como and CagliariGoodbye Luisito wrote Sampdoria on Twitter posting a photo of the Spaniard in tributeIn 1988 he took over as coach of the Spanish national team taking them to the World Cup in Italy two years later where they were beaten by Yugoslavia in the last 16Suarez worked on Spanish radio in his later years as a commentatorHe was the namesake of but no relation to Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez who also played for BarcelonaHis father told me that if hes called Luis its my fault the Spaniard told So Foot in 2016This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever