Luis Molowny
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Molowny Arbelo | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 12 February 2010 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CD Vera | |||
| 1942–1943 | Santa Cruz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1946 | Marino | ||
| 1946–1957 | Real Madrid | 172 | (89) |
| 1957–1958 | Las Palmas | 3 | (1) |
| Total | 175 | (90) | |
| National team | |||
| 1950–1955 | Spain | 7 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1958 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1960 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1967–1970 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1969 | Spain | ||
| 1974 | Real Madrid | ||
| 1977–1979 | Real Madrid | ||
| 1982 | Real Madrid | ||
| 1985–1986 | Real Madrid | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luis Molowny Arbelo (12 May 1925 – 12 February 2010) was a Spanish football midfielder and coach.
He amassed La Liga totals of 175 and 90 goals over the course of 12 seasons, with Real Madrid and Las Palmas. He went on to work as a manager with the two clubs, winning 12 major titles with the former in both capacities combined.
Molowny represented Spain at the 1950 World Cup. For a brief period in the late 1960s, he also coached the national team.
Molowny was born in Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands. He trialled for CD Tenerife as a youngster, but was not allowed to play in the scouting match. He positioned himself behind one of the goals in order to act as a ball boy and retrieve lost balls and return them, and after a display of skills he was signed by Santa Cruz CF but, not being 18 at the time, he was limited to appear in friendly games.
In 1946, after winning the Canarian regional championships with Marino FC, Molowny caught the eye of both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The former club sent an emissary by boat to sign him, and the latter's president, Santiago Bernabéu, upon reading the developments in La Vanguardia whilst he was travelling to Reus, telephoned to director Jacinto Quincoces and ordered that the player be signed; after he performed poorly in a match where he was due to showcase his talent, Bernabéu was still adamant, and a deal was eventually closed for 250.000 pesetas and a 3.000 monthly salary.
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