Agustín Sauto Arana
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agustín Sauto Arana | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1986 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Valle de Trápaga, Spain | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Vicente Barakaldo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1929 | Barakaldo | ||
| 1929–1936 | Athletic Bilbao | 118 | (105) |
| 1938–1943 | Barakaldo | ||
| National team | |||
| 1931 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Agustín Sauto Arana (11 May 1908 – 21 August 1986), known as Bata, was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, scoring 208 goals in as many games across all competitions and winning four La Liga championships.[1][2]
Club career
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Bata started his career at hometown club Barakaldo CF. His nicknamed derived from the fact he used to wear an overall (bata in Spanish) made to him by his mother in order to prevent him from staining his better clothes; he was also dubbed El Bertha bilbaino (Bilbao's Bertha), El terror de San Mamés (terror of San Mamés) and El león enfurecido (raging lion).[3]
Bata signed with Athletic Bilbao in 1929, and made his professional debut for them on 22 September in a 4–1 win against Deportivo Alavés for the Biscay Championship. In his first season, he won both the La Liga and Copa del Rey titles; his first goal in the former competition came on 23 March 1930, in a 4–3 success at Atlético Madrid.[4]
Bata achieved the same feat the following campaign, while also earning the Pichichi Trophy having scored 27 goals.[5] Six of those came in Athletic's historic 12–1 defeat of FC Barcelona on 18 February 1931,[2] even though some sources only awarded him five and others as many as eight.[6][7]
In the 1938 summer, Bata re-joined Barakaldo, but the competition would only be resumed the following year after the end of the Spanish Civil War. He retired at the age of 35 after four seasons in Segunda División, and died on 21 August 1986 at 78 in Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran.[7]
International career
In spite of his club achievements, Bata only gained one cap for the Spanish national team. It happened on 19 April 1931, in a friendly with Italy played in Bilbao.[8]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Regional championship | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1929–30 | La Liga | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 12 |
| 1930–31 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 38 | ||
| 1931–32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 29 | ||
| 1932–33 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 37 | ||
| 1933–34 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 34 | ||
| 1934–35 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 28 | ||
| 1935–36 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 30 | ||
| Totals | 118 | 105 | 38 | 36 | 52 | 67 | 208 | 208 | ||
Honours
Club
- Athletic Bilbao
Individual
- Pichichi Trophy: 1930–31, 1931–32
References
- ↑ "Zarra, el rey de la antigüedad" [Zarra, king of old]. El País (in Spanish). 22 November 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Bata'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Bata']. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Breves y curiosos relatos (II)" [Short fun facts (II)] (PDF) (in Spanish). Bilbao.net. August 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Athlétic de Madrid, 3 – Athlétic de Bilbao, 4". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 1930. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Spain – List of Topscorers ("Pichichi") 1929-2015". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Bata y los cinco goles al Barça" [Bata and the five goals to Barça]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Agustín Souto Arana, futbolista" [Agustín Souto Arana, footballer]. El País (in Spanish). 23 August 1986. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Sobre un campo convertido en lodazal, Italia y España cerraron la lucha con empate a 0 goals" [On mire-like pitch, Italy and Spain ceased hostilities with 0 to 0 draw]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 April 1931. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑
External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Bata profile at BDFutbol
- Bata at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spain stats at Eu-Football