José Araquistáin

José Araquistáin

Araquistáin in 1962
Personal information
Full name	José Araquistáin Arrieta
Date of birth	(1937-03-04) 4 March 1937 (age 79)
Place of birth	Azkoitia, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Elgoibar
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1961	Real Sociedad	106	(0)
1956	→ Eibar (loan)	6	(0)
1961–1968	Real Madrid	57	(0)
1968–1971	Elche	49	(0)
1971–1973	Castellón	35	(0)
Total		253	(0)
National team
1959–1960	Spain U21	3	(0)
1958–1959	Spain B	3	(0)
1960–1962	Spain	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

José Araquistáin Arrieta (born 4 March 1937) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Born in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, Araquistáin started his career with local Real Sociedad, playing five La Liga seasons with the club and being first-choice in four of those. He made his debut in the competition on 2 December 1956, in a 3–2 away win against Celta de Vigo.

Araquistáin moved to Real Madrid for the 1961–62 season. He played 25 games in his first year, winning the double and the Ricardo Zamora Trophy in the process.

In the following years, Araquistáin was more often than not in the losing end of a battle for first-choice duties with José Vicente Train and Antonio Betancort. His best output came in the 1963–64 campaign, when he featured in 14 out of 30 league contests to help the Merengues to a third national championship in a row; on 11 May 1966, he appeared in one of his 18 European Cup matches, helping his team win that year's continental competition with a 2–1 triumph over FK Partizan.

Subsequently, Araquistáin represented Elche CF and CD Castellón, playing in the top flight with both sides and also attaining promotion from Segunda División with the latter. He retired in 1973, at the age of 36.