Yago Bellón (born 28 August 1989) is a Swiss former

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er. Primarily right-footed, Bellón operated in midfield or as a full-back. Despite playing the majority of his career in his native Switzerland, Bellón was once a player for the academy of English

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side

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

. His twin brother

Damian Bellón Damian Bellón (born 28 August 1989) is a former Swiss footballer and current football manager. He is the current coach of Thai League 3 club Pattani. Bellón spent time in the academies of FC St. Gallen and English Premier League side Aston V ...

was also a professional footballer and is now manages a side in

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. Yago now works in

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sector in Switzerland.

Career

Aston Villa

Bellón signed for English

side

from local side

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in 2006, along with his twin brother

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. However, neither managed to get further than Villa's reserve side and were both released two years later.

Return to Switzerland

Yagó re-signed for previous club

where he remained for one season, playing in their under-21 side. At the end of the 2008–09 season, he joined

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on a free transfer. Bellón made a total of 26 appearances for FC Wil, with 24 of those coming in the league. He dropped down a division to join

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in January 2011. In October 2011, he signed for

FC Kreuzlingen FC Kreuzlingen is a Swiss football club from the town of Kreuzlingen in Canton Thurgau, the German-speaking region of Switzerland. The team currently plays in 2. Liga Interregional 2. Liga Interregional (2nd League Interregional in english) ...

on a free transfer. In September 2013, Bellón transferred to FC Tägerwilen.

Retirement

Bellón retired from semi-professional football in 2014 and retrained in the financial sector, and was working at the Thurgauer Kantonalbank in Switzerland in 2019.

Personal life

His twin brother Damian was also a professional footballer and is now manages MOF Customs United in

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. After retirement from football, Yagó commented how his father was incredibly strict and had made him and his brother train in isolation daily from a young age to achieve a professional contract, to the detriment of their school work and social life.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellon, Yago 1989 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Swiss people of Spanish descent Sportspeople from St. Gallen (city) Footballers from the canton of St. Gallen Swiss twins Men's association football midfielders FC Kreuzlingen players