Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia (born January 20, 1961) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Yáñez began his career in 1977 with San Luis and won the Copa Apertura Segunda División and

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in 1980. He moved to Spain to play for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

, and won the Copa de la Liga in

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. For the 1985–86 season, he went on loan to

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

, before playing for

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

. In 1990, he returned to Chile, briefly playing for

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, before ending his career with

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

. During his time there, he won the Chilean Primera División twice and the

Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

, Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana once.

International career

Yáñez appeared 43 times for the

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, scoring five goals. He made his debut on June 13, 1979, in a friendly against

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

, replacing Jorge Neumann, and had his last match on November 16, 1994, against

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. He played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

El Pato Yáñez incident

In 1989, during the infamous incident involving the goalkeeper Roberto Rojas in a match against

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, Yáñez, under the frustration of believing his team was subject to unfairness, performed a gesture to the Brazilian fans by holding his genitals with both of his hands and his middle body slightly bent towards the front in an act of sexual intercourse. The moment was captured by Chilean national television, and as years have passed, the offensive gesture, when repeated or remembered, is known as "Pato Yáñez".

Post retirement

Following his retirement from football, Yáñez has mainly worked in TV and radio media as a

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. He has worked for the Chilean TV channels

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, Canal 13,

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, Telecanal and , in addition to the Canal del Fútbol from 2014 to 2019. Also, he has worked for the international channels

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, and ESPN Chile. In radio media he has worked for Radio Agricultura and

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Honours

Club

;San Luis * Copa Apertura Segunda División (1): *

(1): 1980 ;Real Valladolid * Copa de la Liga (1):

;Colo-Colo * Chilean Primera División (2):

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(1):

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* Copa Libertadores (1):

* Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1992

International

;Chile * (1):

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yanez, Patricio 1961 births Living people Footballers from Valparaíso Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Chile men's international footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players San Luis de Quillota footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Colo-Colo footballers La Liga players Real Valladolid players Real Zaragoza players Real Betis players Men's association football forwards 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1979 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players Copa Libertadores-winning players Chilean association football commentators Televisión Nacional de Chile color commentators Chilevisión color commentators Canal del Fútbol color commentators Chilean radio personalities