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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agustín Sauto Arana | ||
| Date of birth | (1908-05-11)11 May 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo,Spain | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1986(1986-08-21) (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Valle de Trápaga, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Vicente Barakaldo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1929 | Barakaldo | ||
| 1929–1936 | Athletic Bilbao | 118 | (105) |
| 1938–1942 | Barakaldo | 42 | (18) |
| 1942 | Osasuna | 0 | (0) |
| 1942–1944 | Barakaldo | 13 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1931 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Agustín Sauto Arana (11 May 1908 – 21 August 1986), known asBata, was a Spanishfootballer who played as astriker.
He spent most of his career withAthletic Bilbao, scoring 208 goals in as many matches across all competitions and winning fourLa Liga championships.[1][2]He is the only player to have scored 7 goals against Barcelona in a single match. The goals were scored during the 1930/1931 Laliga season in which Bilbao crushed the Catalans 12-1.
Born inBarakaldo,Biscay, Bata started his career at hometown clubBarakaldo CF. His nickname derived from the fact he used to wear an overall (bata inSpanish) made by his mother in order to prevent him from staining his better clothes; he was also dubbedElBertha bilbaino (Bilbao's Bertha),El terror deSan Mamés (terror of San Mamés) andEl león enfurecido (raging lion).[3]
Bata signed withAthletic Bilbao in 1929, and made his professional debut for them on 22 September in a 4–1 win againstDeportivo Alavés for theBiscay Championship. Inhis first season, he won both theLa Liga andCopa del Rey titles. His first goal in the former competition came on 23 March 1930, in a 4–3 success atAtlético Madrid;[4] he was the focal point of what become a famous forward line at the club, along withJosé Iraragorri,Chirri II,Lafuente andGuillermo Gorostiza.[5][6][7][8]
Bata achieved the same feat of league and cup doublethe following campaign, while also earning thePichichi Trophy having scored 27 goals.[9] Seven of those came in Athletic's historic 12–1 defeat ofFC Barcelona on 18 February 1931,[2] even though some sources only awarded him five and others as many as eight;[10][11] he continued to play regularly until1935–36 when he won the championship for a fourth time, but his career was then effectively ended at the age of 28 by the outbreak of theSpanish Civil War.
In the summer of 1938, Bata re-joined Barakaldo, but the competition would only be resumed the following year after the end of the war. He retired at the age of 35 after four seasons inSegunda División, and died on 21 August 1986 at 78 inValle de Trápaga-Trapagaran.[11]
In spite of his club achievements, Bata won only onecap for theSpain national team. It happened on 19 April 1931, in afriendly withItaly played inBilbao.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Regional championship | Totals | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1929–30 | La Liga | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 12 | [13] |
| 1930–31 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 38 | [13] | ||
| 1931–32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 29 | [13] | ||
| 1932–33 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 37 | [13] | ||
| 1933–34 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 34 | [13] | ||
| 1934–35 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 28 | [13] | ||
| 1935–36 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 30 | [13] | ||
| Total | 118 | 105 | 38 | 36 | 52 | 67 | 208 | 208 | – | ||
| Barakaldo | 1938–39 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | [14] | ||
| 1939–40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | [14] | ||||
| 1940–41 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | [14] | ||||
| 1941–42 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | [14] | ||||
| Total | 42 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 24 | – | ||
| Osasuna | 1941–42 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | [14] | ||
| Barakaldo | 1942–43 | Segunda División | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | [14] | ||
| 1943–44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | [14] | ||||
| Total | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | – | ||
| Career total | 173 | 129 | 54 | 42 | 52 | 67 | 279 | 238 | – | ||
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