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Agustín Gajate

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Agustín Gajate
Personal information
Full name Agustín Gajate Vidriales
Date of birth (1958-03-23) 23 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 San Sebastián 29 (1)
1977–1992 Real Sociedad 364 (12)
Total 393 (13)
International career
1978 Spain U21 3 (0)
1979–1980 Spain U23 4 (0)
1979–1980 Spain amateur 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Agustín Gajate Vidriales (born 23 March 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Not a skilled player (he was nicknamed Zapatones (Big shoes)), he excelled in man-marking, and played for Real Sociedad's first team for 15 years.[1]

Club career

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Gajate was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. A Real Sociedad youth graduate, he played solely for the Basque club, making his first-team debut on 1 January 1978 away against Valencia CF (1–0 win, 90 minutes played); he appeared very rarely for the back-to-back La Liga champions – only four matches – as he his favoured position was occupied by another youth graduate, Alberto Górriz, but gradually carved a starting XI niche in place of veteran Inaxio Kortabarria, going on to form an effective centre-back partnership with Górriz.[1]

After only missing a total of three games from 1986 to 1988 (adding five goals) as Real won the Copa del Rey in one season and finished league runners-up in the other, Gajate retired in June 1992, having appeared in 364 top-flight matches, 469 overall.[1]

International career

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Gajate played three times for the Spain under-21 team, also appearing at the 1980 Summer Olympics as the nation exited in the group stage after three draws.[1]

Honours

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Real Sociedad

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Leyendas de la Real Sociedad –Gajate" [Real Sociedad legends – Gajate]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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