José Abella
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| Full name | José Javier Abella Fanjul | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1994 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||
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Current team | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||
| Number | 94 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2008– | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2013– | Santos Laguna | 69 | (2) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (3) | |||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||
José Javier Abella Fanjul (born 10 February 1994) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Santos Laguna of the Liga MX.[1]
José Abella and Mexican international footballer Miguel Layún are second cousins as their grandmothers are sisters, sharing a great-grandparent in common.[2]
Club career
Santos Laguna
Abella began his career with Santos Laguna's affiliate team Santos Casino of the Third Division of Mexico. After playing a couple of years with the team Abella was brought to Torreon to the youth team of Santos.
Jose Abella professionally debuted with Santos September 19, 2012 in a match of the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League against Club Deportivo Águila of El Salvador , match that ended in a 4-0 win. His first game in the Copa Libertadores was February 11, 2014 in a 1-0 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí of Argentina. On February 18, 2014 he scored his first professional goal against Club Atlético Peñarol during a Copa Libertadores match. Ten days later he scored his first goal in the first division in a 2-3 home defeat against Club Atlas.
Jose Abella made his Mexican league debut with Santos Laguna July 26, 2013 in a 3-2 home game win against Cruz Azul.[3] Abella disputed all 90' minutes and received a yellow card in the 8' minute of the match. with the arrival of Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha Abella received full confidence by the coach and was a starter in most of the Apertura 2013 season since Osmar Mares was injured. Santos was placed 2nd in the general table and also reached the Semi Finals in the playoffs that season, losing to the eventual champion Club Leon 3-5 on aggregate score with Jose missing one match that season. Jose Abella was officially given a contract July 1, 2013. during the Clausura 2014 season, Abella disputed all 90' minutes of every match contested, and Santos reached the Semi Finals, losing to Pachuca on a 4-4 Aggregate score.with Jose missing one match due to a previous red card suspension.
Honours
Santos Laguna
- Copa MX: (1)
International
- Mexico U20
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship (1): 2013
Individual
Top Goal Scorer 2013 Toulon Tournament
External links
- José Abella Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- FIFA.com U-20 World Cup Profile
- (Spanish) Jose Abella's statistics.
- (Spanish) Fichajes.com Profile
- Medio Tiempo Profile
- ESPN FC Profile
- Official Instagram
- Official Twitter
References
- ↑ José Abella Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- ↑ "'He aprendido mucho de Layún': José Javier Abella". Récord. August 6, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/ficha.php?id_partido=47288&id_liga=1 Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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