Francisco Yeste
Yeste taking a corner for Athletic Bilbao in 2005
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier Yeste Navarro | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Basauri, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | Spain U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Eldense | ||
| 2016 | Eldense | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 a current manager.
He played 11 years of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao (19 counting the youth system), appearing in 353 official games and scoring 59 goals.
Born in Basauri, Biscay, and a product of Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks 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. He would appear in a further 13 games that and the following seasons combined, while mainly registered with the reserves.
From the 2000–01 campaign onwards, Yeste was used regularly in Athletic's main squad, scoring six La Liga goals during that season, including two in a 4–0 home win against Real Oviedo on 10 December 2000. After regular displays in 2003–04 he won a callup for Spain, although he did not make his debut; he netted a career-best 11 goals in the season, 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, he was also sent off five times from 2007 to 2009 and added 14 yellow cards, one of the ejections occurring after he pushed Real Madrid's Iker Casillas in a 2–5 home loss.
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