Héctor Rial

Football player infobox
playername = Héctor Rial


fullname = José Héctor Rial Laguía
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1928|10|14|mf=y
cityofbirth = Pergamino
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1947-1948
1950-1951
1952-1954
1954-1961
1961-1962
1962-1963
1964
clubs = San Lorenzo
Independiente de Santa Fe
Nacional
Real Madrid
Espanyol
Marseille
Unión Española
caps(goals) = 40 (20)
54 (26)
? (?)
113 (60)
6 (1)
? (?)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1955-1958
nationalteam = Spain
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
pcupdate = 29 December 2006 | ntupdate = December 2006

José Héctor Rial Laguía (14 October 1928 – 24 February 1991) was a football player from Argentina who played for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961. He was part of the team that won five consecutive European Cups. He played professional football in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, France and Chile as well as representing the Spain national football team on 5 occasions.

Rial started playing professional football in 1947 with San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Primera Division Argentina. In 1949 he moved to Colombia to play for Independiente de Santa Fe. After 2 seasons with the club, he moved to Uruguay to join Nacional where he was part of the Primera División Uruguaya championship winning side of 1952.

In 1954 Rial joined Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he played for 7 years, ammassing 10 major titles with the team.

In 1961 Rial left Real 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. The next season, Rial joined the French club Olympique de Marseille, which finished at the bottom of the league, prompting Rial's return to South America.

Rial's final season was the 1964 campaign with Unión Española in Chile. The club finished 6th in the league, and he retired at the end of the season.

Honours

* Nacional 1 Primera División Uruguaya: 1952

* Real Madrid 5 European Cup: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960

* Real Madrid 1 Intercontinental Cup: 1960

* Real Madrid 4 Spanish League Championship: 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961

External links

*es [http://www.realmadridfans.org/rial.htm Real Madrid profile]