Yayo

Santiago Sanz Fraile, also known as Yayo (15 May 1914 – 8 May 1990), was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Celta de Vigo between 1942 and 1952. He later worked as a manager.

His son of the same name played for Celta in the early 1980s.

Playing career Early career Born on 15 May 1914 in the Cantabrian town of Santander, Sanz began his football career at his hometown club Rayo Cantabria, from which he joined Racing de Santander in 1934, making his official debut with the first team in a La Liga fixture against Arenas de Getxo on 3 February 1935, which ended in a goalless draw. He remained loyal to Celta for a decade, from 1942 until 1952, always as an undisputed starter, except for the 1946–47 season due to an injury.

Managerial career Yayo began his managerial career while still contractually linked to Celta as a player, when he briefly served at the helm of CD Casablanca in 1949. He also oversaw Pontevedra for a few months in 1951, and in his final season at Celta, he worked as a player-coach, playing only one league match, curiously against his former club Racing and in which he sustained an injury in the fifth minute of the match, and later overseeing the team alongside Roberto Ozores following the resignation of Luis Pasarín, with whom he salvaged a disastrous first half of the season, leading Celta to a 9th place finish. In April 1957, he became the coach of Racing de Ferrol, then in the second division, replacing his former teammate Juan Vázquez, who had died. With only 8 games to go, he managed to take the team out of the relegazion zone, but at the end of the season, he returned to the Gran Peña, where he remained until his dismissal in October 1959.

After a brief stint at Club Zeltia, Sanz became Celta's fourth coach of the 1959–60 season alone, but he managed to overcome the club's turmoil and, in the following season, led the club to a runner-up finish in the second division, although the team then lost the promotion play-offs to Real Valladolid. In July 1963, he replaced Dagoberto Moll as the coach of third division team Compostela, which he led for two years, until 1965, when he took over Club Turista, but returned to Compostela a few months later, in November 1965, as technical secretary, but soon became its coach again from 1966 until 1969. and in his first season there, he achieved promotion to the Second Division, but in his second season, he was dismissed with five rounds remaining. In 1973, he was appointed to the helm of Compostela for the third time, but at the end of the season, he returned to Gran Peña, which he led for six years, from 1974 until 1980.

Death Sanz died on 8 May 1990, at the age of 75.

Honours Celta de Vigo Copa del Rey: Runner-up (1): 1948