José Héctor Rial Laguía (14 October 1928 – 24 February 1991) was a footballer who played as a forward for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961, and was part of the team that won five consecutive European Cups. He played professional football in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, France and Chile. He was born and raised in Argentina, but represented the Spain national team on five occasions.
 Rial at El Gráfico in 1958 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Héctor Rial Laguía | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Pergamino, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 24 February 1991 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1948 | San Lorenzo | 40 | (20) |
| 1949–1951 | Independiente Santa Fe | 54 | (26) |
| 1952–1954 | Nacional | 51 | (20) |
| 1954–1961 | Real Madrid | 113 | (60) |
| 1961 | → Unión Española (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 1961–1962 | Espanyol | 6 | (1) |
| 1962–1963 | Marseille | 16 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1955–1958 | Spain | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1965 | Pontevedra | ||
| 1966 | Mallorca | ||
| 1969–1970 | Real Zaragoza | ||
| 1970–1971 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1971–1972 | Spain Olympic | ||
| 1975 | Chivas | ||
| 1976 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| 1978 | Estudiantes | ||
| 1980 | Elche | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rial started playing professional football in 1947 with San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Primera Division Argentina. In July 1949, he moved to Colombia to play for Independiente Santa Fe.[1] After two seasons with the club, he moved to Uruguay to join Nacional where he was part of the championship-winning side of 1952.
In 1954 Rial joined Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he played for seven years, amassing ten major titles with the team. In his last season playing for the club, mostly as a substitute, he was loaned to play for Unión Española in Chile for five months.
In 1961, Rial left Madrid to join Espanyol in Barcelona, but he left the club after a disappointing season, where the club finished 13th of the 16 teams in La Liga.
Rial's final season was the 1962–63 campaign with the French club Olympique de Marseille, which finished at the bottom of the league, and he retired at the end of the season.
Career statistics
edit| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 May 1955 | Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain |  England |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly | ||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[2] | ||||||||||||||
Honours
editNacional
Real Madrid
- European Cup: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
- Intercontinental Cup: 1960
- Latin Cup: 1955, 1957
- Spanish League Championship: 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Héctor Rial at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Football PLAYER: Rial
External links
edit- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
- Real Madrid profile (in Spanish)
- Héctor Rial at BDFutbol.com (in Spanish)
- Héctor Rial at Atilio.uy (in Spanish)