In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amavisca and the second or maternal family name is Gárate.

José Emilio Amavisca Gárate (born 19 June 1971) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger or a second striker.

He was best known for his Real Madrid stint but played for five other clubs, amassing 381 matches and 57 goals across both major levels of Spanish football over 16 seasons (307 games and 34 goals in La Liga).

A Spanish international in the 1990s, Amavisca represented the country at Euro 1996.

Club career

Born in Laredo, Cantabria, Amavisca (whose father Emilio was also a footballer) made his professional breakthrough with Real Valladolid, achieving promotion from Segunda División in 1992–93 and previously serving a spell on loan to Lleida in the same level.[1][2] In summer 1994, he signed for La Liga giants Real Madrid, initially being deemed surplus to requirements but going on to score ten league goals in his debut season, mostly playing second striker to Iván Zamorano – both were initially seen as third or fourth-string attacking references by manager Jorge Valdano,[3] as the club ended a five-year domestic title drought.[4]

Amavisca's importance with the Merengues would gradually lessen in the subsequent years, however, with coach Guus Hiddink not even including him in matchday squads when he was short of the 18 players to complete it.[5] In January 1999, he joined fellow top-flight Racing de Santander, thus returning to his native region, and instantly became an essential member of the side, although his seven goals in the 2000–01 campaign were not enough to avoid relegation.[6]

Subsequently, Amavisca moved to Deportivo de La Coruña for 300 million pesetas,[6] appearing in 28 games and netting three times for the 2002 runners-up but being sparingly used in the following two years, barred by veteran Fran and new signing Albert Luque.[7] He retired at the end of 2004–05, with Espanyol, aged 34.[1]

International career

Amavisca won his first cap for Spain on 7 September 1994, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win over against Cyprus in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifiers.[8] He was picked for the tournament's finals in England, making three appearances in an eventual quarter-final exit.[9]

Due to having fallen out of favour at Real Madrid, Amavisca was overlooked for the squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The penultimate of his 15 internationals[1] was on 8 June 1997 in a World Cup qualifying match against the Czech Republic, where manager Javier Clemente deployed him as a left-back.[5]

Previously, Amavisca won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[10][11]

Career statistics

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 April 1995 Hrazdan, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 0–1 0–2 Euro 1996 qualifying[12]

Honours

Real Madrid

Deportivo

Laredo

Spain U23

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Castañeda, Ángela (1 June 2020). "Qué fue de Amavisca: de Laredo a ganar la séptima Champions con el Real Madrid" [What happened to Amavisca: from Laredo to winning the seventh Champions League with Real Madrid]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. ^ Anselmo Moreno, José (24 August 2024). "Amavisca, la perla que llegó de Laredo" [Amavisca, the gem who arrived from Laredo]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  3. ^ Frías, Manuel (24 November 1994). "De la A a la Z, el alfabeto del gol blanco" [From A to Z, the alphabet of the white goal]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Real Madrid torna-se campeão na Espanha" [Real Madrid become champions in Spain]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 5 June 1995. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b Ortiz, Guillermo (8 November 2017). "José Emilio Amavisca: «Zamorano y yo tenemos mucho que agradecerle a Valdano»" [José Emilio Amavisca: "Zamorano and myself have a lot to thank Valdano for"] (in Spanish). Jot Down. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  6. ^ a b Hermida, Xosé (22 August 2001). "La segunda vida de Amavisca" [The second life of Amavisca]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. ^ Megía-Vilareal, Óscar (3 October 2003). "La opción de Amavisca gana fuerza como recambio a Calleja" [Amavisca option growing stronger as Calleja's replacement]. El Periódico Mediterráneo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  8. ^ Archs, Jordi (8 September 1994). "Chipre hace sufrir a España" [Cyprus make Spain suffer]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ^ "España llegó a Londres de la mano del sufrimiento" [Spain reached London hand in hand with suffering]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  10. ^ Morenilla, Juan (25 February 2007). "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  12. ^ Gallego, Jesús (27 April 1995). "Amavisca se estrena" [Amavisca gets his first]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  13. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Di Maggio, Roberto; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Tristán entierra el sueño del Figueres" [Tristán buries dream of Figueres]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 January 2002. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  15. ^ "El Dépor cumple el guión y se convierte en el primer finalista" [Dépor go by the book and become first finalists]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 31 January 2002. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Quince años del Centenariazo" [Fifteen years from the Centenariazo]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  17. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Spain – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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