David Abraham (footballer)

This article is about the Argentine professional footballer. For the Channel 4 Chief Executive, see David Abraham (executive).

David Abraham

Abraham training for FC Basel
Personal information
Full name	David Ángel Abraham
Date of birth	16 July 1986 (1986-07-16) (age 25)
Place of birth	Chabás, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	FC Basel
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Independiente	70	(2)
2007–2008	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	36	(3)
2008–	FC Basel	92	(6)
National team‡
2005	Argentina U20	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011, 24:00 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 December 2005, 24:00 (UTC)

David Ángel Abraham (born 16 July 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League, as a defender.

Career

Born in Chabás, Abraham began his career with Independiente in 2005, becoming a first-team regular during his first season. At this time, he was called up to the Argentina squad to play at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Argentina won the tournament with a squad that included Sergio Agüero, Fernando Gago and Lionel Messi.

In 2007 Abraham moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Spanish second division. But after failing to gain promotion to La Liga he left the club.

Abraham signed a four-year contract with Swiss champions FC Basel on 18 July 2008. He made his debut on 18 July 2008, in a 2–1 win over BSC Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf.^[1] He played his first European game in a Basel shirt on 30 July 2008 in a 1–1 Champions League Qualifying match draw against IFK Göteborg at Ullevi. His first goal for Basel was in a UEFA Champions League group match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk at St. Jakob-Park on 16 September 2008. The match ended 2–1 to Shakhtar.

Abraham won the national Double with Basel in the 2009-2010 season and the Swiss Super League Championship in the 2010-2011 season. He scored his first league goal for Basel on 24 July 2010 in the last minute of the away game against FC Sion to give his club a 2-1 victory.^[2]

Honours

Argentina Under-20's

• World Youth Championship: 2005

Gimnàstic

• Catalan Cup: 2008

Basel

• Swiss Super League: 2010, 2011
• Swiss Cup: 2010
• Uhren Cup: 2008, 2011

References

1. ^ Weber, Dominik (2008). "2:1-Auftaktsieg beim Vize-Meister! FCB dreht Spiel in den letzten Minuten". FC Basel 1893. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/20481. Retrieved 2008-07-18.  (German)
2. ^ "FCB besiegt den FC Sion in letzter Minute mit 2:1!". FC Basel 1893. 2010. http://www.fcb.ch/sport/show/matchReport/-/1971. Retrieved 2010-07-24.  (German)

External links

• Profile at FC Basel (German)
• Profile at Swiss Football League Website (German)
• Soccerway profile
• Weltfußball.de (German)
• Primera División Argentina statistics (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Abraham, David
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine professional footballer
Date of birth	16 July 1986
Place of birth	Chabás, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death