José María Argoitia Acha (born 18 January 1940) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in Galdakao, Biscay, Argoitia joined

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

in 1960, from Basque neighbours

CD Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...

. He made his La Liga debut on 2 October in a 1–3 away loss against Sevilla FC, and spent a total of 12 seasons with the club, appearing in 308 official games and scoring 70 goals. Argoitia's best input with the ''Lions'' came in the 1966–67 campaign, when he netted 11 times in 22 appearances to help his team to the seventh position. He retired in 1973 at the age of 33, after splitting 1972–73 with

Sestao Sport Club Sestao Sport Club was a Spanish football club based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded it 1916 it held home matches at ''Campo Municipal de las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,900 seats. History Sestao managed to p ...

in the lower leagues and Racing de Santander in

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. Argoitia popularized a dribble move known as the Diabolo. While playing for Athletic Bilbao, Argoitia scored a highly-controversial goal, known as the ''telegol'', against UD Las Palmas during the

1970–71 La Liga The 1970–71 La Liga was the 40th season since its establishment. The season started on September 12, 1970, and finished on April 18, 1971. Valencia won its fourth title. Team locations League table Results table Pichichi Trophy ...

season. At the second-half restart, Argoitia immediately ran towards the opponent's end of the field where he left the field near their goalpost. After a teammate sent the ball into Las Palmas' goal area, and the goalkeeper was unable to collect it, Las Palmas defender Martín Marrero attempted to clear the ball. However, at this point, Argoitia re-entered the field and snatched the ball into the net for the only goal of the match. Las Palmas protested the goal, believing it was a violation of the offside rule, and ultimately the International Football Association Board added a clarification which prohibited an attacking player from leaving the field of play without the referee's permission to avoid violating the offside rule.

Honours

Copa del Generalísimo The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argoitia, Jose 1940 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players CD Basconia footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers SD Indautxu footballers Sestao Sport Club footballers Racing de Santander players