Agustín Elduayen

Agustín Elduayen
Personal information
Full name	Agustín de Carlos Elduayen
Date of birth	4 August 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1984	San Sebastián
1983–1986	Real Sociedad
1986–1990	Atlético Madrid
1990–1993	Real Burgos
1993–1996	Deportivo La Coruña
1996–1999	Valladolid
Total
International career
1982	Spain U16
1985–1986	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Agustín de Carlos Elduayen (born 4 August 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in San Sebastián, Elduayen made his professional debuts with local Real Sociedad, being barred by legendary Luis Arconada. In the 1985–86 season, however, as the starter suffered a severe injury in the first La Liga game, he was chosen by manager John Toshack as his successor, and the Basques eventually finished in seventh position but with one of the worst defensive records in the competition (51 goals against with 34 matches from the player).

In the 1986 summer, Elduayen signed with fellow top flight club Atlético Madrid, starting in his first year but being relegated to the substitutes bench after the emergence of Abel Resino, who had been playing with the reserves.

He experienced his best years with Real Burgos CF, helping the lowly Castile and León side to three consecutive seasons in the first division. In 1991–92, as they finished in a best-ever ninth position, he played in all 38 games (3,338 minutes) and only conceded 43 goals, winning the Don Balón Award for Best Spanish Player in the process.^[1]

In 1993, after Burgos relegation, Elduayen signed for Deportivo de La Coruña for about 1 million pesetas. With Francisco Liaño firmly established as first-choice for Super Depor, he could only appear three times in the league in three seasons combined, subsequently leaving for Real Valladolid,^[2] where he met exactly the same fate in exactly the same period of time, retiring from the game at the age of 35.

Having spent 16 seasons in Spain's top division, Elduayen appeared in 179 games. Whilst at Burgos he was summoned by manager Vicente Miera to the Spanish national team, but eventually did not make his debut.

Honours

Club

Deportivo

Country

Spain U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1986

Individual

Don Balón Award – Best Spanish Player: 1992

References

^ Spain – Footballer of the Year; at RSSSF
^ "Tomás, al Marbella, y Radchenko, al Rayo" [Tomás, to Marbella, and Radchenko, to Rayo] (in Spanish). El País. 7 August 1996. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

External links

Agustín Elduayen at BDFutbol
Biography at Porteros Vascos de Leyenda (in Spanish)

[1] Spain – Footballer of the Year; at RSSSF

[2] "Tomás, al Marbella, y Radchenko, al Rayo" [Tomás, to Marbella, and Radchenko, to Rayo] (in Spanish). El País. 7 August 1996. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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