José Mariano Arrate Esnaola (12 August 1892
[Some sources state that he was born on 5 October 1896.] – 24 December 1963) was a Spanish
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. He was a member of the Spanish team which won the silver medal in the football tournament.
He was born and died in
San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
, and worked as a crane driver in the city's docks. He played for Luchana from 1908 to 1909, San Sebastián (later
Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad de Fútbol "B" (also known as Sanse) is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1955, it is the reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Primera Federación ...
) from 1909 to 1911, and
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
from 1911 to 1924. He featured on the losing side in the
1913 UECF Copa del Rey Final (lost to
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
after two replays) and played alongside two younger brothers, Amador and José Miguel, in both legs of a
1919 Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey 1919 was the 19th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.
The competition started on 12 April 1919, and concluded on 18 May 1919, with the final, held at the Martínez Campos in Madrid, in which Arenas ...
quarter-final loss to the same opposition.
In addition to six official
caps for
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
between 1920 and 1923, Arrate also took part in the national team's first