Estanislao Argote Salaberría (born 21 October 1956) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a left winger.

Club career

Born in

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, Argote began playing football with local

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, joining Basque neighbours

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in 1975. He spent almost two full seasons with the reserve side, making his first-team debut on 2 October 1977 by playing the full 1–0 home win against

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, shortly before his 21st birthday. In his first season Argote scored 11

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goals in 28 games, helping to a final third place. He went on to form an efficient offensive trio with Dani and

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, also groomed at the club; as Athletic won back-to-back leagues in 1983–84 he appeared in 65 matches combined, netting ten times. From 1984 onwards, Argote appeared intermittently for Athletic due to injuries. Late into the 1986–87 campaign, he suffered a leg injury which put him out of action for several months; at the time of his injury the team stood fourth in the table, but eventually finished in 13th position. After 332 first division games for Athletic, in 13 years, Argote rejoined his first football club Zarautz, in the

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for the first time in its history. He retired after one year, aged nearly 35.

International career

Argote played twice for

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, both matches occurring in December 1978: on the 13th, he started in the 5–0 win against

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for the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying stages, in Salamanca. A week later, he played the first half of a 0–1

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loss with

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, in

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Personal life

Argote was an accomplished

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player. Indeed, shortly after winning the 1982–83 national championship, he recorded an album which met relative success in the Basque Country. Argote also enjoyed playing

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, a sport at that time not very common among footballers. In his childhood, he was a

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at the golf course in his hometown.

Honours

: 1982–83, 1983–84 *

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: 1983–84 *

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: 1984

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argote, Estanislao 1956 births Living people People from Zarautz Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Spain amateur international footballers Spain B international footballers Spain international footballers Basque Country international footballers