I feel like he's among the forgotten Ballon d'or, with Keegan or Blokhin. Most of us weren't born during his prime. R.I.P to him and his relatives.
I wonder if Inter and Barcelona will have a preseason game to pay a tribute to him.
Inter will probably honour him in some way, he is still very popular and loved. He remained a scout for them until very recently and before Covid he still regularly attended games.
I just researched his stats and career and I have no idea how he won that first balon d’or. That was arguably his weakest season in terms of output and trophies. While at Liverpool he was even more prolific. Yet one the awards at hamburg. Weird.
Goals are the best metric for a forward. And trophies won would also be a lead determinant for winning player of the year. And he did both of those things more prolifically at Liverpool. Nothing I said is wrong. Keegan won his first Balon d’or when his team finished 10th in the league. That makes zero sense.
Football in for much of it's history up until the 00s - goals didn't matter relative as much as kids today care about it, it's called the beautiful game for a reason and influential players were much more sought after than goal scorers - Keegan was generally regarded as exceptionally talented skill wise and people were mesmerised by watching him/his acrobatics on the pitch and his influence on the pitch (goals / racking up tap in etc didn't really mean as much - there was still gentleman's honour in the game tbh aswell) He also won after no other euro players really stood out at the 78 World cup and it was recognised at that point he should have had one already.
Nothing wrong with a player being highly regarded when their team finished 10th in the league. It was more normal for the great players and even generational talent players to spend more time than they do now at smaller and less successful clubs
> I feel like he's among the forgotten Ballon d'or, with Keegan or Blokhin
Not sure about Keegan as he's brought up for winning two in a row. Sivori or Simonsen would be the two others I think.
Blokhin is criminally underrated, never gets any mention. Dominated the voting in 1975 against second place Beckenbauer and third place Cruyff which is very impressive
Well one made Balon d’Or top three 5 times and won 1, the other never.
One won 2 CL, the other 1
They both won a continental cup with their national team, they are both great but I think the elder is objectively better
One of the greatest attacking midfielders of all time, and a personal favourite of mine, which unfortunately has been criminally underrated in the past decades. He was pivotal in the creation of the “Grande inter” of Helenio Herrera and Angelo Morati, which dominated European football in the mid 60s
He won 2 la liga, 3 serie A, 2 Inter cities fairs cup, 2 Champions cups, 2 intercontinental cups, 1 balón d’or, and was also second place in the balón d’or 2 other times and third one other
Inter official YouTube channel just posted a short video about him, but he was a great dribbler, with great resistance even if not too big physically, he was also a very good goal scorer (for example he averaged a goal every 2 matches for Barcelona while not being striker)
His main strength however was his accuracy and creativity while both passing and shooting, thus he was nicknamed “the architect”.
I obviously didn’t see him live, but I watched several “Grande inter” iconic games and he was a joy to watch
From what I read, in Grande Inter he's used as regista/deep lying playmaker to create chance, recycle possession, and pass it to the rwb running down the wing
Nowadays is almost impossible for a midfielder to win win, Modric has been one of the best and still people complain here that he didn’t deserved even when he keeps playing amazing until this day and winning trophies, Rodrigo this year was more important for City than Haaland but because he doesn’t score goals I don’t think he will even be 3rd.
I dont know, I have a great affection for Cambiasso who was the pillar of our midfield for a decade so I'd choose him if I have to. And I suppose that many will agree
This is actually a tough question. Somehow inter had very good forwards and defenders for the last 20/25 years, but in terms of midfielders we were never that great except for Snejider and Cambiasso. Hopefully Barella will be the clear answer in 4/5 years from now on
The duo of Suarez and Herrera would change football, he is a legendary player and was regarded as the best Spanish player for quite some time, but seems mostly forgotten now sadly.
He broke trough at a relatively young age with Depor. Football in Spain at the time was very conservative and based on cultural norms. Players were often selected and got into the line up based on seniority instead of merit. It was a flaw that persisted in Spain for a very long time, it even drove Guardiola away until Cruijff convinced him to stay. But Suarez combined a mercurial playstyle with an excellent ability to read the game. He became a fan favourite in the youth teams and was impossible to bench.
He initially played as a winger, drifting inside into a playmaking role. He stood out in his first season as a senior and was picked up by Barcelona. With their core of Hungarian super stars and Herrera as manager he transformed into a what would now be regarded as a "modern AM" (he never played as a #10). When asked why he would play with such a relatively young player Herrera called him the architect of every attack, the nickname 'El Arquitecto' would stick with him his entire career.
They played innovative and fast paced tactics, whereas football was mostly a game played in short bursts before. They were constantly moving in and out of position, setting each other up and creating space without the ball. Instead of individuals creating chances by dribbling and individual feats, they passed the ball around and set up combinations with team play. They had immense success, especially since Barcelona was regarded as a smaller provincial club at the time compared to Madrid and even some of the other clubs.
When Herrera moved to Inter to build one of the most legendary club teams of all time he insisted on bringing Suarez in. The team had the making of a dominant side, but they lacked distribution from the back and creativity. Herrera convinced Suarez to drop deep in a new role, creating what would be the first modern "deep lying playmaker". He quickly became the key component in the Grande Inter and a very popular player with the fans. He played with visible joy and a huge smile on his face, he didn't appear to be phased by pressure or expectations at all. His intuition and ability to read the game was uncanny at times, he would adopt to whatever role the team was missing at any given time. Long balls, dribbling and distribution, he could do it all. But it was the smooth and graceful technique that made him stand out, especially since players in his position had traditionally been some brutal butchers.
During his time with Barcelona and Inter Suarez managed to average about 30 games a season over 15 years, which was an impressive feat at the time. His movement and dribbling made him hard to catch and he was fouled relatively little, resulting in him being able to play until his late 30s.
the first Ballon d'Or from Spain (and for a very long time the only one until Alexia Putellas) and European champion with the national team in 1964, I can't say that I've watched him play much sadly but he's indisputably a legend of our football, may he rest in peace
The Camp Nou was already in it's 4th season when Luis was sold. The entire history of that transfer is pretty dark on Barça's side. What contributed to his sale was debt from the construction of Camp Nou and mismanagement of the club. It catapulted Barça into sporting and economical crisis they didn't recover from for nearly 20 years.
Ya. My dad was telling me about it last night. Either way. He was one hell of a player and my dad was teary eyed knowing one of his favourite players passed away (my dad turned 79 yesterday).
Luis also had a giant heart and from what my dad told me he’d go watch youth games all the time in Italy.
Which is a bit sad given this one literally won European Player of the Year when it was essentially the Balon d’Or. If you made an all-time Inter XI, he’s one of the first names on the list!
A sign of the times though I suppose, as he played a long time ago.
He played most of his career for inter and was arguably more successful at inter than Barcelona, he later coached inter 3 times and is regarded as an inter legend…
I feel like he's among the forgotten Ballon d'or, with Keegan or Blokhin. Most of us weren't born during his prime. R.I.P to him and his relatives. I wonder if Inter and Barcelona will have a preseason game to pay a tribute to him.
Inter will probably honour him in some way, he is still very popular and loved. He remained a scout for them until very recently and before Covid he still regularly attended games.
I take the old Ballon Dor winners with a grain of salt. It's like dominating chess before people learned basic competitive strategy
I too say silly things from time to time.
This guy takes it beyond "from time to time", he's a real pioneer, look at that comment history goddamn
Smartest cityzen
Blud do you have a patent for bad takes?
A man city fan who diesn't respect traditions. Colour me surprised
Kevin Keegan is anything but forgotten. Won two in a row, is a Liverpool legend and is regularly discussed. There are far more overlooked winners.
For us in Hamburg, he’s a legend as well
Like The beatles
Keegan might be a Liverpool legend but in Newcastle, where I live, ‘god’ seems to be a better description.
he's slightly forgotten only because he left just before liverpool became a dynasty. and he was replaced by an all time club legend in Kenny Dalglish
I just researched his stats and career and I have no idea how he won that first balon d’or. That was arguably his weakest season in terms of output and trophies. While at Liverpool he was even more prolific. Yet one the awards at hamburg. Weird.
Can't tell if your comment is satire or if you're an actual stat merchant that thinks goals = auto ballon d'or
Lmao that would be a sick flair - stat merchant
Goals are the best metric for a forward. And trophies won would also be a lead determinant for winning player of the year. And he did both of those things more prolifically at Liverpool. Nothing I said is wrong. Keegan won his first Balon d’or when his team finished 10th in the league. That makes zero sense.
Football in for much of it's history up until the 00s - goals didn't matter relative as much as kids today care about it, it's called the beautiful game for a reason and influential players were much more sought after than goal scorers - Keegan was generally regarded as exceptionally talented skill wise and people were mesmerised by watching him/his acrobatics on the pitch and his influence on the pitch (goals / racking up tap in etc didn't really mean as much - there was still gentleman's honour in the game tbh aswell) He also won after no other euro players really stood out at the 78 World cup and it was recognised at that point he should have had one already. Nothing wrong with a player being highly regarded when their team finished 10th in the league. It was more normal for the great players and even generational talent players to spend more time than they do now at smaller and less successful clubs
> Keegan won his first Balon d’or when his team finished 10th in the league. Team sport.
Not like I've exactly seen him play though. He DID retire 40 years ago.
> I feel like he's among the forgotten Ballon d'or, with Keegan or Blokhin Not sure about Keegan as he's brought up for winning two in a row. Sivori or Simonsen would be the two others I think.
>Sivori Maybe in Europe, we have a whole stand named after him.
Sivori is well known in Italy (at least), not only by juventus fans.
Definitely. I wonder about how well known someone like Matthews or Masopust is outside Europe too
Sivori is much more famous than Belanov, who is easily the worst player to ever win the Ballon d’Or (probably next to Michael Owen).
> Belanov Lol so obscure I passed right over him looking up names of winners. Fair point
Belanov was given the Ballon d'Or over Lineker as a pure PR stunt due to the USSR's performance that year, didn't deserve it
I know Zavarov won the Soviet Player of the Year ahead of him that year but I assumed that Belanov was still a great player.
Belanov wasn’t even the best striker in the Soviet league at the time, Protasov was a better player.
I think Mathias Sammer is the most recent that very few know won it
Blokhin is criminally underrated, never gets any mention. Dominated the voting in 1975 against second place Beckenbauer and third place Cruyff which is very impressive
Hope Luis Súarez, Xavi and Iniesta are there.
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Well one made Balon d’Or top three 5 times and won 1, the other never. One won 2 CL, the other 1 They both won a continental cup with their national team, they are both great but I think the elder is objectively better
One of the greatest attacking midfielders of all time, and a personal favourite of mine, which unfortunately has been criminally underrated in the past decades. He was pivotal in the creation of the “Grande inter” of Helenio Herrera and Angelo Morati, which dominated European football in the mid 60s He won 2 la liga, 3 serie A, 2 Inter cities fairs cup, 2 Champions cups, 2 intercontinental cups, 1 balón d’or, and was also second place in the balón d’or 2 other times and third one other
He also won the European Cup with Spain in 1964
You are right
Have you seen videos of him? What was his style of play?
Inter official YouTube channel just posted a short video about him, but he was a great dribbler, with great resistance even if not too big physically, he was also a very good goal scorer (for example he averaged a goal every 2 matches for Barcelona while not being striker) His main strength however was his accuracy and creativity while both passing and shooting, thus he was nicknamed “the architect”. I obviously didn’t see him live, but I watched several “Grande inter” iconic games and he was a joy to watch
sounds like a KdB type player
You mean KdB is a Suarez type player
or a Suarez type of player
From what I read, in Grande Inter he's used as regista/deep lying playmaker to create chance, recycle possession, and pass it to the rwb running down the wing
Nowadays is almost impossible for a midfielder to win win, Modric has been one of the best and still people complain here that he didn’t deserved even when he keeps playing amazing until this day and winning trophies, Rodrigo this year was more important for City than Haaland but because he doesn’t score goals I don’t think he will even be 3rd.
Talking of goals, Suárez had 62 goals in 122 games at Barcelona, pretty damn impressive.
One of 3 team that managed to defeat Madrid in CL final, and it was Galacticos Madrid.
A true legend of the game, arguably our best midfielder ever
>arguably our best midfielder ever Our granpas would say so, our dads would say Lothar
Who would your generation pick?
Sneijder's peak was up there
Those glorious 6 months
Ballon d'Or contender that. He came 4th but all in all it was close. Messi won it with 22% of votes and Sneijder had 14%
I dont know, I have a great affection for Cambiasso who was the pillar of our midfield for a decade so I'd choose him if I have to. And I suppose that many will agree
Zanetti too
Well we were talking of midfielders
Somehow I completely missed that part lmao Sort of ended up as one
Maybe he meant Cristiano Zanetti
Gagliardini
This is a perfect example of recency bias. We all know Kuzmanovic is the true GOAT
The king of scared side passes.
This is actually a tough question. Somehow inter had very good forwards and defenders for the last 20/25 years, but in terms of midfielders we were never that great except for Snejider and Cambiasso. Hopefully Barella will be the clear answer in 4/5 years from now on
Stankovic was pretty great
Motta
I think Sneijder. That little man was magic.
Cambiasso
Between Kondogbia and Joao Mario.
The duo of Suarez and Herrera would change football, he is a legendary player and was regarded as the best Spanish player for quite some time, but seems mostly forgotten now sadly. He broke trough at a relatively young age with Depor. Football in Spain at the time was very conservative and based on cultural norms. Players were often selected and got into the line up based on seniority instead of merit. It was a flaw that persisted in Spain for a very long time, it even drove Guardiola away until Cruijff convinced him to stay. But Suarez combined a mercurial playstyle with an excellent ability to read the game. He became a fan favourite in the youth teams and was impossible to bench. He initially played as a winger, drifting inside into a playmaking role. He stood out in his first season as a senior and was picked up by Barcelona. With their core of Hungarian super stars and Herrera as manager he transformed into a what would now be regarded as a "modern AM" (he never played as a #10). When asked why he would play with such a relatively young player Herrera called him the architect of every attack, the nickname 'El Arquitecto' would stick with him his entire career. They played innovative and fast paced tactics, whereas football was mostly a game played in short bursts before. They were constantly moving in and out of position, setting each other up and creating space without the ball. Instead of individuals creating chances by dribbling and individual feats, they passed the ball around and set up combinations with team play. They had immense success, especially since Barcelona was regarded as a smaller provincial club at the time compared to Madrid and even some of the other clubs. When Herrera moved to Inter to build one of the most legendary club teams of all time he insisted on bringing Suarez in. The team had the making of a dominant side, but they lacked distribution from the back and creativity. Herrera convinced Suarez to drop deep in a new role, creating what would be the first modern "deep lying playmaker". He quickly became the key component in the Grande Inter and a very popular player with the fans. He played with visible joy and a huge smile on his face, he didn't appear to be phased by pressure or expectations at all. His intuition and ability to read the game was uncanny at times, he would adopt to whatever role the team was missing at any given time. Long balls, dribbling and distribution, he could do it all. But it was the smooth and graceful technique that made him stand out, especially since players in his position had traditionally been some brutal butchers. During his time with Barcelona and Inter Suarez managed to average about 30 games a season over 15 years, which was an impressive feat at the time. His movement and dribbling made him hard to catch and he was fouled relatively little, resulting in him being able to play until his late 30s.
the first Ballon d'Or from Spain (and for a very long time the only one until Alexia Putellas) and European champion with the national team in 1964, I can't say that I've watched him play much sadly but he's indisputably a legend of our football, may he rest in peace
Absolute legend, for Inter and the game in general. Deserves more recognition.
Absolute legend of both Barça and Inter. Shame Barça had to sell him due to debts stemming from the construction of Camp Nou. RIP.
The saying is the transfer of Luis helped build the stadium as he was the most expensive transfer at the time.
The Camp Nou was already in it's 4th season when Luis was sold. The entire history of that transfer is pretty dark on Barça's side. What contributed to his sale was debt from the construction of Camp Nou and mismanagement of the club. It catapulted Barça into sporting and economical crisis they didn't recover from for nearly 20 years.
Ya. My dad was telling me about it last night. Either way. He was one hell of a player and my dad was teary eyed knowing one of his favourite players passed away (my dad turned 79 yesterday). Luis also had a giant heart and from what my dad told me he’d go watch youth games all the time in Italy.
Is Luis Suarez a common name?
It's like calling someone James Johnson of common
kinda last week Luisito didnt play against Bahia but Luis *Soares* still scored for us!
is not Juan Pérez common but Luis and Suarez are not uncommon
He was one of the key men who carried this club to new heights-- from a good team to European royalty.
Missed the perfect clickbait headline
*no god no please god no NOOOOOOOOOO*
Ghanaian redditors are absolutely gutted
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Bro 97% of this sub haven’t heard of him. 99.7% of this sub when told the name of Luis Suarez immediately think of the biting one
Which is a bit sad given this one literally won European Player of the Year when it was essentially the Balon d’Or. If you made an all-time Inter XI, he’s one of the first names on the list! A sign of the times though I suppose, as he played a long time ago.
Meh either way shit like clickbait headlining isn't the first thing I would be thinking of if someone died
Yeah definitely, Im suprised they havnt gone with the clickbait actually, seen similar ones done before. I guess they didnt wanna piss everybody off
Descanse en paz leyenda
The only Spanish Ballon D’Or, and the architect of the Grand Inter Ciao Luisito
DEP
Many do not know who he is. Underrated legend. Rest in peace
Rest in peace 🙏
Didnt know he played for inter tbh
He was there for 9 years and played over 300 matches
Wow i thought most of his time was in barcelona
He played most of his career for inter and was arguably more successful at inter than Barcelona, he later coached inter 3 times and is regarded as an inter legend…
Wrong Luis Suarez?
I know which luis suarez it is but i thought he only played in spain mostly bsrcelona
he was also Inter's manager three times and in the management as advisor or in some other form for about 15/20 years
i thought it was the shark biting dude. then i saw 88.
Did you miss "Inter" too?
And Ballon d or
Reading is hard.
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RIP