Athletic Bilbao Born in
Basauri,
Biscay, and a product of
Athletic Bilbao's youth academy at
Lezama, He would total a further 13 appearances over
that and the
following seasons, while mainly registered with
the reserves. From
2000–01 onwards, Yeste was used regularly by the main squad, scoring six
La Liga goals that year including two in a 4–0 home win over
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 scored a career-best eleven goals in the latter campaign, with the
Basques finishing fifth and
qualifying for the
UEFA Cup. At times troubled with injuries, Yeste continued to feature 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 defeat. Yeste featured irregularly in the
2009–10 season, also being ousted by manager
Joaquín Caparrós for more than one month. In the first match upon his return, a 2–0 loss at
Atlético Madrid on 25 March 2010, he was booked. On 21 May 2010, after his contract expired, Yeste announced his departure from the club through his agent.
United Arab Emirates On 19 June 2010, Yeste agreed to a two-year deal with
Al Wasl. In March of the following year, during the
2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup semi-final against
Al Ain, 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 equaliser in the history of football" (49:54). 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.
Later career Yeste signed with
Greek champions Olympiacos in July 2011, reuniting with his former Athletic Bilbao coach
Ernesto Valverde. On 17 January 2012, his one-year contract was mutually terminated, and he had previously been subject to disciplinary proceedings for undergoing
arthroscopy in
Vitoria-Gasteiz without notifying the club; the following day, he returned to the
United Arab Emirates and joined
Baniyas for six months. After retiring, Yeste was briefly in charge of lower-league
Eldense; in the first of his two spells, he was suspended for three months by the
Royal Spanish Football Federation for not possessing the necessary coaching badges. He was also a youth manager at
Arenas de Getxo. ==International career==