Francisco Yeste
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Yeste taking a corner for Athletic Bilbao in 2005
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Javier Yeste Navarro | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Basauri, Spain | ||
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Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1997 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1998 | Basconia | 38 | (7) |
1998–2000 | Bilbao Athletic | 34 | (2) |
1999–2010 | Athletic Bilbao | 302 | (50) |
2010–2011 | Al Wasl | 21 | (9) |
2011–2012 | Olympiacos | 5 | (0) |
2012 | Baniyas | 7 | (0) |
Total | 407 | (68) | |
International career | |||
1998 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
1999 | Spain U20 | 7 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
2003–2007 | Basque Country | 5 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2014 | Eldense | ||
2016 | Eldense | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco "Fran" Javier Yeste Navarro (born 6 December 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a left winger, and is a manager.
He spent 11 years of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao (19 counting the youth system), appearing in 353 official matches and scoring 59 goals.[1]
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Club career
Athletic Bilbao
Born in Basauri, Biscay, and a product of Athletic Bilbao's youth academy at Lezama, Yeste made his first-team debut on 7 February 1999, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 away loss against Racing de Santander.[2] He would appear in a further 13 games that and the following seasons combined, while mainly registered with the reserves.
From 2000–01 onwards, Yeste was used regularly in the main squad, scoring six La Liga goals during that year including two in a 4–0 home win over Real Oviedo on 10 December 2000.[3] After regular displays in 2003–04 he won a callup for Spain, although he did not make his debut;[4][5] he scored a career-best 11 goals in the latter campaign, with the Basques finishing fifth and qualifying to the UEFA Cup.
At times troubled with injuries, Yeste continued to appear prominently, playing all the league matches in 2006–07 as Athletic barely avoided relegation (17th) and scoring five goals in the process. A player of volatile temperament,[6][7] he was also sent off five times from 2007 to 2009 and added 14 yellow cards,[8] one of the ejections occurring after he pushed Real Madrid's Iker Casillas in a 2–5 home loss.[9]
Yeste featured irregularly in the 2009–10 season, also being ousted by manager Joaquín Caparrós for more than one month.[10] In the first match upon his return, a 0–2 loss at Atlético Madrid on 25 March 2010, he was booked;[11] on 21 May, after his contract expired, he announced his departure from the club through his agent.[12]
United Arab Emirates
On 19 June 2010, Yeste agreed to a two-year deal with Al Wasl FC.[13] In March of the following year, during the 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup semi-final against Al Ain FC, the opponents took the lead before the 50th minute (49:27) and, as they were still celebrating, he shot from the centre circle to score a goal that was described by Dutch news site Voetbal Stijl as "The fastest equalizer in the history of football" (49:54).[14]
There was controversy surrounding the legality of the goal, as Yeste shot the ball directly without having the ball passed from the centre circle, whilst another player was inside it, but it was later confirmed as valid, as the ball hit the ground just before crossing the goal line, and the other player inside the circle was from Al Ain.[15]
Later years
In July 2011, Yeste signed with Greek champions Olympiacos FC, reuniting with former Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde. On 17 January 2012, his contract was mutually terminated;[16] the following day, he returned to the United Arab Emirates and joined Baniyas SC for six months.[17]
Honours
Basconia
Athletic Bilbao
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2008–09
- Supercopa de España runner-up: 2009
Olympiacos
Spain U20
References
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- ↑ Yelde [sic], con dos tantos, abrió la goleada que cerraron Javi y Julen (Yelde, with two goals, started routing that Javi and Julen ended); El Mundo, 10 December 2000 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Xavi y Yeste, novedades en España (Xavi and Yeste, new to Spain) Archived 30 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Es Más, 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
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- ↑ Yeste vuelve a la Liga dos meses después (Yeste returns to the League two months after); El País, 25 March 2010 (in Spanish)
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- ↑ Casillas: "Yeste no me da en la cara, pero me empuja" (Casillas: "Yeste does not hit my face, but he pushes me"); Marca, 15 March 2009 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Yeste no convence a Caparrós (Yeste does not convince Caparrós); Mundo Deportivo, 7 March 2010 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Thanks to Francisco Javier Yeste Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Athletic Bilbao, 21 May 2010
- ↑ Fran Yeste se marcha al Al Wasl de Dubai (Fran Yeste goes to Dubai's Al Wasl); Diario AS, 19 June 2010 (in Spanish)
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- ↑ "Λύθηκε η συνεργασία με τον Φραν Γέστε" ("Cooperation with Fran Yeste terminated"), Olympiacos FC, 17 January 2012 (in Greek)
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External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Francisco Yeste profile at BDFutbol
- Francisco Yeste – FIFA competition record
- Francisco Yeste at Soccerway
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- Living people
- People from Basauri
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CD Basconia footballers
- Athletic Bilbao B footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- UAE Pro League players
- Al Wasl F.C. players
- Baniyas Club players
- Super League Greece players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Basque Country men's international footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Spanish football managers
- Segunda División B managers
- CD Eldense managers
- Footballers from Biscay