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Nelson Abeijón Personal information Full name Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi Date of birth July 21, 1973 Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder Youth career Nacional Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–1997 Nacional 81 (9) 1997–1998 Racing de Santander 30 (2) 1998–2006 Cagliari 154 (11) 2003–2004 → Como (loan) 10 (1) 2006–2007 Atalanta 5 (0) 2008 River Plate 2 (0) National team‡ 1994–2003 Uruguay 23 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2008 season.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2003Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born July 21, 1973 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer. He is nicknamed Abe or Abeja (Spanish for bee), due to his last name similarity with "abeja".
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Biography
He started his career in 1994 with Nacional (when he won one title championship) and in 1997-1998 he played in Spain La Liga with Racing de Santander. In August 1998 Abeijón played in Italian Serie A and 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.[1] in July he signed a 2-year contract.[2]
International career
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.[3] He earned a total number of 23 caps for his native country, scoring two goals.
References
- ^ "ABEIJON FIRMA PER IL CAGLIARI" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 January 2004. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/4032/abeijon-firma-per-il-cagliari.html. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 July 2004. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/4311/ufficializzati-i-contratti-di-gobbi-e-abeijon.html. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html RSSSF
External links
- (Spanish) Profile
Uruguay squads Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Atalanta B.C. players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Como Calcio 1907 players
- La Liga footballers
- People from Montevideo
- Racing de Santander footballers
- River Plate Montevideo players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- 1995 Copa América players
- Uruguayan football midfielder stubs
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