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 Elgoibar () is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba River, Deba river. El ...

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, Basque Country, Araquistain started his senior career with CD Elgoibar in the regional leagues. After attracting huge interest, he joined

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

side

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

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

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. His debut for the club occurred on 9 May 1970, in a match against

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. Araquistain was regularly used by the ''Txuri-urdin'' during his spell, his best input being in

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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

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. In November 1995 he was appointed at the helm of SD Beasain, 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 Footballers from Elgoibar Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players SD Eibar footballers Real Sociedad footballers Sevilla FC players Spain men's amateur international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers SD Eibar managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen