José María Araquistain Oñaederra (born 17 August 1948) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a forward, and a current

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Playing career

Born in Elgoibar,

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, Basque Country, Araquistain started his senior career with

CD Elgoibar Club Deportivo Elgoibar is a football team based in Elgoibar in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1917, it plays in the Tercera División – Group 4. Its stadium is ''Mintxeta'' with a capacity of 4,000 seats. Season to ...

in the regional leagues. After attracting huge interest, he joined

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side

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

at the end of 1968. After scoring 35 goals for the ''Armeros'' in the 1969–70 season, Araquistain moved to Real Sociedad in

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. His debut for the club occurred on 9 May 1970, in a match against Real Oviedo. Araquistain was regularly used by the ''Txuri-urdin'' during his spell, his best input being in 1972–73 where he scored 11 goals in 31 appearances. He was later deemed surplus to requirements in 1977, after being rarely used during the campaign. In June 1977 Araquistain signed a three-year deal with fellow league team

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, for an estimated fee of 8 million pesetas. However, he struggled with injuries during his two-and-a-half-year spell at the club, and retired in February 1980 after rescinding his contract.

Managerial career

After retiring Araquistain worked as a manager, being in charge of former clubs Eigoibar and Eibar, the latter in Segunda División. In November 1995 he was appointed at the helm of

SD Beasain Sociedad Deportiva Beasain is a Spanish football team based in Beasain, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1905 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Loinaz'', with a capacity of ...

, being sacked in February 1997. In March 1999 Araquistain returned to Beasain, remaining in charge until the end of the season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Araquistain, Jose Maria 1948 births Living people People from Elgoibar Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players SD Eibar footballers Real Sociedad footballers Sevilla FC players Spain amateur international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers SD Eibar managers