Luis del Sol

Luis del Sol

Del Sol in 1962
Personal information
Full nameLuis del Sol Cascajares
Date of birth6 April 1935
Place of birthArcos de Jalón, Spain
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Alegría
San Gerónimo
Retiro San Miguel
Andalucía
1951–1953Betis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1953–1959Betis101(27)
1953–1954→ Utrera (loan)
1960–1962Real Madrid55(22)
1962–1970Juventus228(20)
1970–1972Roma50(4)
1972–1973Betis17(0)
National team
1959Spain U211(0)
1957–1959Spain B3(0)
1960–1966Spain16(3)
Teams managed
Carmona
Jerez Industrial
Betis (youth)
1986–1987Betis
1990Recreativo
2001Betis
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Del Sol and the second or maternal family name is Cascajares.

Luis del Sol Cascajares (born 6 April 1935) is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

He played in 112 La Liga games for Betis and Real Madrid combined (28 goals scored), winning five major titles with the latter. He later had brief spells as manager with the former club.

Del Sol represented Spain in two World Cups in the 1960s.

Club career

Del Sol was born in Arcos de Jalón, Soria, relocating with his family to Andalusia at age two months. In his country, he played for Real Betis and Real Madrid; with the former he was part of the squads that promoted to Segunda División (1954) and La Liga (1958), appearing in 40 games with the club in the latter category over the course of one 1/2 seasons and scoring six goals.

Signing with the Merengues in January 1960 for 6.5 million pesetas, del Sol netted a career-best 17 goals in his first full season, while not missing one single minute of action in his 29 appearances as his team won the national championship, after starting the season with the Intercontinental Cup triumph against C.A. Peñarol.

In the 1962 summer, aged 27, del Sol moved abroad and signed for Juventus FC. He remained one full decade in Italy, also playing two years with A.S. Roma, which he would captain as compatriot Joaquín Peiró before him.

Del Sol returned to Betis for the 1972–73 season. After the Verdiblancos' top flight relegation the 38-year-old decided to retire from football, going on to later coach Betis on several spells, starting with its youth sides and being in charge for 13 games as the club returned to division one in 2001.

International career

Del Sol won 16 caps for the Spanish national team, scoring three goals. His debut came on 15 May 1960 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, playing the second half of a 3–0 friendly win with England.

Del Sol represented the country at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups (playing four matches in total), and was also part of the championship-winning squad at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, although he did not appear in the final stages.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 October 1960 Wembley, London, England  England 1–1 4–2 Friendly
2. 11 June 1961 Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain  Argentina 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3. 12 November 1961 Marcel Cerdan, Casablanca, Morocco  Morocco 0–1 0–1 1962 World Cup qualification

Honours

Real Madrid
Juventus
Spain

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Spain Joaquín Peiró		 AS Roma Captain
1970–1972 		Succeeded by
Italy Franco Cordova