Yago Alonso-Fueyo Sako

Yago Yao
Personal information
Full name Yago Yao Alonso-Fueyo Sako
Date of birth (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979
Place of birth Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
San Claudio
1996–1997 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Sporting B 67 (2)
1998–2000 Sporting Gijón 37 (0)
2000–2002 Celta 30 (0)
2002 Recreativo 7 (0)
2003 Oviedo 19 (1)
2003–2004 Sporting Gijón 37 (1)
2004–2007 Celta 13 (1)
2007–2008 Cádiz 7 (0)
2008–2009 Levante 16 (0)
2010 Montañeros 7 (0)
2010–2014 Coruxo 129 (7)
2014–2015 Rápido Bouzas 21 (1)
Total 390 (13)
National team
1998 Spain U18 1 (0)
2007–2011 Equatorial Guinea 7 (0)
2007 Equatorial Guinea B 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Yago Yao Alonso-Fueyo Sako (born 19 August 1979), known as Yago Yao, is a former Equatoguinean footballer who played as a central defender.

Early life

Yago Yao was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to an Ivorian mother and a Spanish father. Six hours after his birth he was taxed as Spanish and, three months later, he was taken to live in Asturias where his paternal grandfather was from.[1][2]

Club career

During his career Yago Yao played solely in Spain, for Sporting de Gijón (two stints), Celta de Vigo (two), Recreativo de Huelva, Real Oviedo,[3] Cádiz CF and Levante UD. In 2000–01 he appeared in 20 games in La Liga as the Galicians finished sixth, but split the 2002–03 season with two teams that met the same fate, relegation (Recre and Oviedo, one in each of the major levels of Spanish football).

After unsuccessful trials at both Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and Hamilton Academical, Yago returned to Spain in January 2010, signing with modest Montañeros CF in Galicia.

International career

Although he was born in Côte d'Ivoire, Yago Yao possessed dual nationality,[4] and went on to represent the Equatorial Guinea national football team, his first cap coming in 2007 at age 28. He previously appeared for Spain at youth level.

In December 2007, Yao played B matches against the Region of Murcia[5] and Extremadura.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Yago defensa del Celta: "Me gustaría volver a Asturias" (Yago Celta defender: "I would like to return to Asturias"); La Voz de Asturias, 29 January 2007 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El levantinista Yago es nieto de un director del diario Levante (Levante's Yago is the grandson of the Levante Daily director); Levante-EMV, 11 August 2008 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Yago ya entrena como carbayón" [Yago already training as carbayón] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 30 January 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Un defensa de prestigio Yago Yao y un killer del área Carlos Pereira, nuevos Superlinces (A prestigious defender Yago Yao and a killer of the box Carlos Pereira, new superbobcats); Rápido de Bouzas, 10 July 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Murcia gana por la mínima a Guinea Ecuatorial (Murcia gets minimal advantage over Guinea Equatorial); Marca, 26 December 2007 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ La selección extremeña inicia su andadura con una victoria (Extremaduran autonomous team gets going with win); Marca, 28 December 2007 (Spanish)
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