José Eulogio Gárate

José Eulogio Gárate

Gárate in 1973
Personal information
Full name	José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea
Date of birth	20 September 1944
Place of birth	Sarandí, Argentina
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	SD Eibar
1965–1966	SD Indautxu	23	(14)
1966–1977	Atlético Madrid	241	(109)
National team
1967	Spain U23	1	(0)
1965	Spain amateur	1	(0)
1967–1975	Spain	18	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea (born 20 September 1944) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker for SD Eibar, SD Indautxu, Atlético Madrid, and the Spain national team.

Club career

Gárate was born to Basque parents in Argentina and grew up in Eibar, Spain. He began his career with SD Eibar in 1960 before joining SD Indautxu in 1963. Just like two earlier Indautxu players, Jesús María Pereda and Miguel Jones, he was controversially overlooked by Athletic Bilbao and like Jones he eventually joined Atlético Madrid. Along with Luis Aragonés, 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 La Liga three times, the Copa del Generalísimo twice, reach the final of the European Cup and win the Intercontinental Cup. He was a notable goalscorer, winning the Pichichi three times in a row between 1968 and 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 Spain and scored 5 goals. He made his debut on 22 October 1967 against Czechoslovakia and played his last game against Romania on 17 April 1975. During this period Spain failed to qualify for either the European Championships or World Cup, and as a result he never played in the finals of a major international competition.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 October 1967	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	Czechoslovakia	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
2.	11 December 1968	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	Belgium	1–1	1–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	15 October 1969	José Antonio, La Línea, Spain	Finland	2–0	6–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	15 October 1969	José Antonio, La Línea, Spain	Finland	4–0	6–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	23 May 1972	Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain	Uruguay	2–0	2–0	International Friendly

Career statistics

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Honours

Atlético Madrid

• Intercontinental Cup: 1974
• Spanish League: 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77
• Spanish Cup: 1971–72, 1975–76
• Pichichi Trophy: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

See also

• List of Spain international footballers born outside Spain

References

External links

• José Eulogio Gárate at BDFutbol
• National team data (in Spanish)
• José Eulogio Gárate at National-Football-Teams.com