José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea (born 20 September 1944) is a former professional

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who played as a striker for

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SD Indautxu Sociedad Deportiva Indautxu is a Spanish football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1924, it plays in , holding home games at ''Campo Iparralde''. Apart from football, the club also promotes other ...

and

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. Born in Argentina, he played for the Spain national team at international level.

Club career

Gárate was born to

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parents in Argentina and grew up in

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, Spain. He began his career with

in 1960 before joining

in 1963. Just like two earlier Indautxu players, Chus Pereda and

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, he was controversially overlooked by

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and like Jones he eventually joined

. Along with

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, Adelardo, Javier Irureta, Enrique Collar, and Ufarte, he was a prominent member of the successful Atlético side of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Gárate helped the team win

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three times, the ''Copa del Generalísimo'' twice, reach the final of the

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and win the Intercontinental Cup. He was a notable goalscorer, winning the ''Pichichi'' three consecutive seasons (1968 to 1970) and scoring the winning goals in the 1972 and 1976 ''Copa del Generalísimo'' finals. During his time at Atlético, Gárate played 241 games and scored 135 goals.

International career

Gárate also played 18 times for

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and scored 5 goals. He made his debut on 22 October 1967 against

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and played his last game against

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on 17 April 1975. During this period Spain failed to qualify for either the

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, and as a result he never played in the finals of a major international competition.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gárate goal.''

Honours

; Atlético Madrid * Intercontinental Cup: 1974 * Spanish League: 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77 * Spanish Cup: 1971–72, 1975–76 *

Pichichi Trophy In Spanish Association football, football, the Pichichi Trophy () is awarded by the sports newspaper ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Pichichi (footballer), Rafael ...

: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garate, Jose Eulogio 1944 births Living people Footballers from Avellaneda Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers Spain men's under-23 international footballers Spain men's amateur international footballers Footballers from Eibar Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Basque descent Argentine emigrants to Spain La Liga players Atlético Madrid footballers SD Eibar footballers Pichichi Trophy winners SD Indautxu footballers Men's association football forwards 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 20th-century Spanish sportsmen