Lluís Coll

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Lluís Coll
Personal information
Full name Lluís Coll Hortal
Date of birth (1937-08-03)3 August 1937
Place of birth Anglès, Spain
Date of death 8 January 2008(2008-01-08) (aged 70)
Place of death Salt, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)
Winger
Youth career
– Titán
– Girona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1956 Girona
1956–1961 Barcelona 25 (3)
1957–1958 → Condal (loan) 17 (6)
1961–1963 Valencia 21 (3)
1963–1964 Granada 12 (1)
1964–1965 Olot
International career
1960 Spain U21 1 (0)
1960 Spain B 1 (0)
Managerial career
1974–1975 Figueres
1976 Girona
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Coll and the second or maternal family name is Hortal.

Lluís Coll Hortal (3 August 1937 – 8 January 2008) was a Spanish

Spain's 'B' team
.

Life and club career

Coll was born in Anglès, in the Province of Girona in Catalonia. He played for his local team, Titán, before joining the youth system of Tercera División club Girona FC. He made his first-team debut for that club as an 18-year-old, and towards the end of the 1955–56 season was scoring at a rate of almost a goal a game. He assessed his strengths as pace and a good touch.[1]

At the end of that season, Coll signed a five-year contract with

El Mundo Deportivo's reporter as pacy with technical skill and an unforgiving shot, converted a penalty to make the score 4–0.[6]

His first top-flight goal came in January 1959, tricking the ball past the last opponent and scoring with a low shot to secure Barcelona's 2–1 win against

1960 Fairs Cup Final to win the competition for the second time.[3][10]

An operation on a twisted knee suffered against Real Valladolid in September restricted Coll's appearances in the last of his five years with the club.[11][12] In 1957, El Mundo Deportivo's reporter had suggested that with application he might end up as Barcelona's outside left,[6] but in the event, his primary role had been as backup to Tejada and Czibor. His obituary in the same newspaper made clear that when Helenio Herrera did place his trust in him, he did not disappoint.[13]

In June 1961, Coll signed for Valencia. Two weeks later, the car in which he was travelling was in collision with a lorry carrying

the final against Barcelona, which did not take place until September.[3] He played only four first-team games in the 1962–63 season, the highlight being two goals against Celtic in the Fairs Cup.[17]

He went on to play for Granada and Olot, and coached for a season at Figueres.[13][18] The following season, he was technical director of the youth squad at his former club Girona, and from 24 March 1976 took charge of the first team for the rest of the season after the departure of Emilio Aldecoa.[19][20]

Coll died in Salt, Girona, on 8 January 2008, aged 70.[13]

International

Coll was

friendly defeat against Italy in March 1960.[21] In May, he was selected in a 32-man squad from which two teams were selected: one for a full international against England and the other for a 'B' international against the senior Morocco team.[22] Though Coll was touted for the full side,[23] in the event he played for the B-team, in a 3–3 draw in Casablanca.[21]

Honours

Barcelona

Valencia

References

Playing statistics

  • Barcelona, Condal, Valencia, Granada, Spain U21: "Coll: Luis Coll Hortal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

General

  1. ^ a b c "¿Quién es Luis Coll?" [Who is Luis Coll?]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 July 1956. pp. 1, 5.
  2. ^ "Barcelona, 7 – São Cristóvão, 1". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 July 1956. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b c d "Coll: Luis Coll Hortal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b Esquiroz, Vicente (3 January 1959). "Coll, el jugador catalán que mañana sustituye al famoso Csibor" [Coll, the Catalan player who replaces the famous Czibor tomorrow]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 3.
  5. ^ "Avilés, 1 – Condal, 2". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 September 1957. p. 5.
  6. ^ a b Narbona, Juan (27 September 1957). "Barcelona, 4 – Borussia, 1". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 3.
  7. ^ "Película del partido" [Story of the match]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 January 1959. p. 4.
  8. ^ Holden, Bill (3 March 1960). "The Kocsis K.O.! Wolves blasted out by four goal hero". Daily Mirror. London. p. 25 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ La Rosa, Tristán (9 March 1960). "Di Stéfano sigue dando que hablar" [Di Stéfano still in the news]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). p. 30.
  10. ^ "Blues in Europe – Part Two 1958–1960". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.
  11. ^ "El C. de F. Barcelona expone la situación de su enfermería" [CF Barcelona explain the treatment room situation]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 October 1960. p. 30.
  12. ^ "Copa de Europa" [European Cup]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 16 November 1960. p. 73.
  13. ^ a b c Garcia, D. (9 January 2008). "Falleció Lluís Coll Hortal" [Lluís Coll Hortal has died]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 14.
  14. ^ "En diez días, treinta y seis muertes en las carreteras españolas" [In 10 days, 36 deaths on Spain's roads]. ABC (in Spanish). Sevilla. 22 June 1961. p. 23.
  15. ^ "Deportes: Valencia–Elche". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 22 October 1961. p. 109.
  16. ^ H. P. (16 November 1961). "El Sevilla perdió por dos á uno en Mestalla" [Sevilla lost 2–1 at the Mestalla]. ABC (in Spanish). Sevilla. p. 46.
  17. ^ "Celtic can still do it". Evening Times. Glasgow. 27 September 1962. p. 18.
  18. ^ Casademont i Comas, Emili (22 April 2008). "Lluís Coll, exentrenador de la UE Figueres, en el record" [Lluís Coll, ex coach of UE Figueres, in memory] (in Catalan). Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  19. ^ "Elige un momento histórico: Relación de entrenadores" [Select a historic moment: List of coaches] (in Spanish). Girona FC. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013.
  20. ^ Mascort (25 March 1976). "Aldecoa, cesado en el Gerona" [Aldecoa, no longer with Girona]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona. p. 12.
  21. ^
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  22. ^ Pina, Nivardo (7 May 1960). "32 jugadores convocados por la Federación Española para los partidos contra Inglaterra y Marruecos" [32 players called up by the Spanish Federation for the matches against England and Morocco]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 4.
  23. ^ Pina, Nivardo (8 May 1960). "Hasta el jueves no serán conocidos los equipos A y B de España contra Inglaterra y Marruecos" [Not until Thursday will we know Spain's A and B lineups against England and Morocco]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 4.

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