Nelson Abeijón
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| Full name | Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1973 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Cerro (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Nacional | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Nacional | 81 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Racing Santander | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2006 | Cagliari | 154 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Como (loan) | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Atalanta | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | River Plate | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–2003 | Uruguay | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Oriental | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Maldonado | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Cerro (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born 21 July 1973) is a retired Uruguayan footballer. He is nicknamed Abe or Abeja, due to his last name similarity with the word abeja (Spanish for bee). He is currently the assistant coach of C.A. Cerro.[1]
Playing career
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[edit]He started his career in 1994 with Nacional (winning one minor title championship). His role as a holding midfield player and his tough approach of the game made him very popular among his fans. He eventually left the team in the season 1997-1998 when he played in Spain La Liga with Racing de Santander. In August 1998 Abeijón moved to Italian Serie A and then Serie B with Cagliari and Como. In the summer of 2006 he was transferred to Atalanta. During his career he played 282 matches and scored 23 goals.
Abeijón left for Como in 2003 but in January 2004 returned to Cagliari.[2] in July he signed a 2-year contract.[3]
International
[edit]Abeijón made his debut for the Uruguay national football team on October 19, 1994 in a friendly match against Peru (0-1 win) in the Estadio Nacional José Díaz in Lima, Peru.[4] He earned a total number of 23 caps for his native country, scoring two goals.
References
[edit]- ^ Cerro: Fernando "Petete" Correa asumirá como DT y su asistente será Nelson Abeijón‚ futbol.com.uy, 7 January 2018
- ^ "ABEIJON FIRMA PER IL CAGLIARI". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 January 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ [1] RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Nelson Abeijón at National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Spanish) Profile
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