Marcos "Changui" Yáñez

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Personal information
Full name Marcos Yáñez Fernández
Date of birth April 10, 1977 (1977-04-10) (age 31)
Place of birth    A Coruña, Spain
Height 182 cm
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club SD Ciudad de Santiago
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
19961997
19971998
19981999
19992000
20002001
20012002
20022003
20032004
20042005
20052006
2005
2006–2007
2007–
Vista Alegre
Compostela
Pontevedra
Compostela
Elche CF
Poli Ejido
Deportivo
Las Palmas
Deportivo
Pontevedra
Skoda Xanthi
Extremadura
Ciudad Santiago
34 (27)
12 (5)
28 (21)
39 (16)
29 (6)
11 (1)
0 (0)
35 (4)
6 (0)
15 (3)
? (?)
? (?)
? (4)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Marcos Yáñez Fernández, popularly known as Changui, is a Spanish football player born April 10, 1977 in Boiro, A Coruña. During the second half of the nineties he was one of the most prominent Galician strikers.

[edit] Xanthi scandal

Changui's step to elite football was a failure, and was successively loaned to Second Division teams in which his career began to decline. Finally he was loaned to Greek team Skoda Xanthi in August 2005.

Some months later Changui came back to Spain, being subjected to no sportive discipline; when Deportivo de La Coruña's directive knew about it, disciplinary proceedings were brought against him. Changui was summoned by the club for March 8, 2006 but he didn't appear, sending instead his agent, who stated that he didn't know about Changui's departure from Xanthi until the club started proceedings.

Finally, Deportivo de La Coruña cancelled Changui's contract on May 6; the striker reacted demanding the club, but the court approved his dismissal. Next summer Changui signed for CF Extremadura.

After being released by Extremadura Changui came back to Galicia and signed for the team Ciudad de Santiago. The team plays in the Spanish Tercera División in the group number 1 which includes team from the whole Galicia. After 17 rounds disputed the team holds the first position and Changui is the best scorer of the team with 4 goals.