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Manuel Castiñeiras
Manuel Castiñeiras Porto (born 7 August 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Castiñeiras' career was mainly associated with local SD Compostela. He represented them in four levels of Spanish football, the highest being Segunda División. Other than the Galicians, in that tier Castiñeiras also played for SD Eibar, CD Tenerife and Racing de Ferrol, for a total of 138 matches over five seasons. On 30 January 2015, the 35-year-old Compostela captain accepted to retire so that newly-signed Yacine Qasmi could be registered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...; he joined the club's organigram immediately afterwards. References External ...
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Santiago De Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. In 1985, the city's Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santiago de Compostela has a very mild climate for its latitude with heavy winter rainfall courtesy of its relative proximity to the prevailing winds from Atlantic low-pressure systems. Toponym ''Santiago'' is the local Galician evolution of Vulgar Latin ''Sanctus Iacobus'' " Saint James". According to legend, ''Compostela'' derives from the Latin ''Campus Stellae'' (i.e., "field of the star"); it seems unlikely, however, that this phrase could have yielded the modern ''Compostela'' under normal evolution from Latin to Medieval Galician. Other etymologies derive the name from Latin ''compositum'', ...
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Yacine Qasmi
Yacine Qasmi ( ar, ياسين قاسمي; born 3 January 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club CD Leganés. Born in France, he represented Morocco at youth international level. After one substitute appearance for Paris Saint-Germain, he spent most of his career in Spain, primarily in Segunda División B. He later played for Elche and Rayo Vallecano in Segunda División, and the latter in La Liga. Club career Born in Pontoise, Qasmi joined Paris Saint-Germain's youth setup in 1999, from Cosmo de Taverny. After appearing as a senior with the reserves, he made his professional debut on 15 December 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mathieu Bodmer in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League away draw against FC Karpaty Lviv. On 6 July 2011, Qasmi signed a one-year deal with another reserve team, Rennes II. In the 2012 summer, he went on a trial at S.L. Benfica, initially appearing for the B-team; however, nothing came of it and he signed a 1 ...
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Footballers From Santiago De Compostela
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Spanish Men's Footballers
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1979 Births
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