Rial atEl Gráfico in 1958 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Héctor Rial Laguía | ||
| Date of birth | (1928-10-14)14 October 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Pergamino, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 24 February 1991(1991-02-24) (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
José Héctor Rial Laguía (14 October 1928 – 24 February 1991) was afootballer who played as aforward forReal Madrid between 1954 and 1961, and was part of the team that won five consecutiveEuropean Cups. He played professional football in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, France and Chile. He was born and raised in Argentina, but represented theSpain national team on five occasions.
Rial started playing professional football in 1947 withSan Lorenzo de Almagro in thePrimera Division Argentina. In July 1949, he moved to Colombia to play forIndependiente Santa Fe.[1] After two seasons with the club, he moved to Uruguay to joinNacional where he was part of thechampionship-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 forUnión Española in Chile for five months.
In 1961, Rial leftMadrid to joinEspanyol inBarcelona, but he left the club after a disappointing season, where the club finished 13th of the 16 teams inLa Liga.
Rial's final season was the 1962–63 campaign with the French clubOlympique de Marseille, which finished at the bottom of the league, and he retired at the end of the season.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 May 1955 | Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain | 1–1 | Draw | Friendly | |||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[2] | ||||||||||||||
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