Agustín Elduayen

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

Agustín Elduayen
Personal information
Full name Agustín de Carlos Elduayen
Date of birth (1964-08-04) 4 August 1964
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 Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 San Sebastián
1983–1986 Real Sociedad 28 (0)
1986–1990 Atlético Madrid 39 (0)
1990–1993 Real Burgos 106 (0)
1993–1996 Deportivo La Coruña 3 (0)
1996–1999 Valladolid 3 (0)
Total 179 (0)
International career
1982 Spain U16 2 (0)
1985–1986 Spain U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De Carlos and the second or maternal family name is Elduayen.

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

Individual

References
  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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