Héctor Rial

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Rial and the second or maternal family name is Laguía.

Héctor Rial

Rial at El 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(s)	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	Guadalajara
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 an Argentine-Spanish footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a forward for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961, and helped them win five European Cups in a row. He was capped five times by Spain between 1955 and 1958.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 May 1955	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	England	1–1	Draw	Friendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015

Honours

Nacional

• Primera División Uruguaya: 1952

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61
• European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60
• Intercontinental Cup: 1960
• Latin Cup: 1955, 1957

Other websites

• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
• Real Madrid profile (in Spanish)
• Héctor Rial at BDFutbol.com (in Spanish)
• Héctor Rial at Atilio.uy (in Spanish)