Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez Miramontes holds a distinction that still humbles me: the only Spanish-born player ever to win the Ballon d'Or, back in 1960, and no one has matched it since. To me he embodies a vanishing archetype, the playmaker who dominated through intelligence and vision rather than spectacle. His journey from A Coruña through Barcelona and Inter Milan reads like a map of mid-century European football. What I find most moving is that his legacy is not just trophies but the way he later passed his craft on as a coach. A true elder statesman of the game, gone in 2023 but never forgotten.

Name (English)

Luis Suárez

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・スアレス・ミラモンテス

Reading

るいす・すあれす・みらもんてす

Born

May 2, 1935 – July 9, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Origin

A Coruña, A Coruña Province, Spain

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• 1989 Castelao Medal
• Ballon d'Or 1960
• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9

Tags

• A Coruña Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.