Nelson Abeijón

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Nelson Abeijon
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Personal information
Full name	Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi
Date of birth	July 21, 1973 (1973-07-21) (age 34)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	River Plate
Youth clubs
	Nacional
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-2006 2004 2006-2007 2008-	Nacional Racing de Santander Cagliari →Como (loan) Atalanta River Plate	81 (9) 30 (2) 161 (11) 10 (1) 5 (0)
National team
1994-2003	Uruguay	23 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born July 21, 1973 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football (soccer) midfielder, who is nicknamed Abe and Abejo, and is currently a free agent.

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.

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• (Spanish) Profile

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