| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Agustín Gajate Vidriales | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Mondragón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1976–1977 | San Sebastián | ||
| 1977–1992 | Real Sociedad | 364 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 1978 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Spain amateur | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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José Agustín Gajate Vidriales (born 23 March 1958 in Mondragón, Gipuzkoa) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.
Not a skilled player (he was nicknamed Zapatones (Big shoes)), he excelled in man-marking, and played for Real Sociedad's first team for 15 years.
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A Real Sociedad youth graduate, Gajate played solely for the Basque outfit, making his first-team debuts on 1 January 1978, at Valencia CF. He appeared very rarely for the back-to-back La Liga champions (only four matches combined), barred by another youth graduate, Alberto Górriz, but gradually carved a starting XI niche, going on to form an historical centre-back partnership with the former.
After only missing three games combined from 1986–88, adding five goals, as Real won the domestic cup in one season and finished league runner-up in the other, Gajate retired in June 1992, having appeared in 364 top flight matches (469 overall). Internationally, he appeared three times for Spain U21s, also appearing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, as Spain exited in the group stage after three draws.
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