Luis del Sol

Luis del Sol

Del Sol with Juventus in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Luis del Sol Cascajares
Date of birth	(1935-04-06)6 April 1935
Place of birth	Arcos de Jalón, Spain
Date of death	20 June 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 86)
Place of death	Seville, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Alegría
	San Gerónimo
	Retiro San Miguel
	Andalucía
1951–1953	Betis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1959	Betis	152	(38)
1953–1954	→ Utrera (loan)
1960–1962	Real Madrid	55	(22)
1962–1970	Juventus	228	(20)
1970–1972	Roma	50	(4)
1972–1973	Betis	17	(0)
Total		502	(84)
International career
1959	Spain U21	1	(0)
1957–1959	Spain B	3	(0)
1960–1966	Spain	16	(3)
Managerial career
	Carmona
1981–1982	Jerez Industrial
1982–1983	Betis B
1983–1986	Betis (youth)
1986	Betis B (interim)
1986–1987	Betis
1990	Recreativo
2001	Betis
Medal record Men's football Representing Spain European Nations' Cup Winner 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Del Sol and the second or maternal family name is Cascajares.

Luis del Sol Cascajares (6 April 1935 – 20 June 2021) was a Spanish footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played as a midfielder for Real Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, and AS Roma. He was also capped 16 times for Spain, and played for them at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups, and at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, which Spain won. He was thought to be one of the most important Spanish footballers of the 1960s, and was voted as one of the important players in Juventus' history.

After he retired from playing football, he became a manager. He managed Jerez Industrial, Recreativo de Huelva, and Real Betis' main, reserve, and youth teams. He died in Seville on 20 June 2021, at the age of 86.

Career statistics

Club

Club statistics			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Spain			League
1954–55	Real Betis Balompié	Segunda División	0	0
1955–56			0	0
1956–57			0	0
1957–58			0	0
1958–59		La Liga	25	3
1959–60			15	3
1960–61	Real Madrid	La Liga	29	17
1961–62			26	5
Italy			League
1962–63	Juventus	Serie A	33	6
1963–64			33	6
1964–65			27	2
1965–66			29	2
1966–67			28	1
1967–68			24	1
1968–69			29	1
1969–70			25	1
1970–71	Roma	Serie A	23	4
1971–72			27	0
Spain			League
1972–73	Real Betis Balompié	La Liga	17	0
Country	Spain		112	28
	Italy		278	24
Total			390	52

International

Spain national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1960	3	1
1961	7	2
1962	2	0
1963	1	0
1964	0	0
1965	0	0
1966	3	0
Total	16	3

Other websites

• Luis del Sol at BDFutbol
• Luis del Sol manager profile at BDFutbol
• Luis del Sol at National-Football-Teams.com
• Luis del Sol – FIFA competition record (archived)