Juan Sabia

Juan Sabia
Personal information
Full nameJuan Alberto Sabia
Date of birthDecember 17, 1981
Place of birthPergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Vélez Sársfield
Number17
Youth career
Racing Club de Pergamino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2006Ben Hur87(2)
2006–2007Gimnasia de Jujuy21(0)
2007–2012Argentinos Juniors151(3)
2013–Vélez Sársfield17(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:37, 3 March 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Juan Alberto Sabia (born 17 December 1981) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División.

Career

Sabia started his professional career in 2000 playing for Ben Hur in the Torneo Argentino A. In 2005, he won the Torneo Argentino A with the club and therefore won promotion to the Primera B Nacional (second division). The defender played one season with Ben Hur in the Primera B Nacional and then joined Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy in the Argentine Primera División, in 2006. After one season with Gimnasia, Sabia joined Argentinos Juniors in 2007.

Sabia quickly established himself as a regular starter for Argentinos Juniors and in 2010 helped the team obtain the 2010 Clausura championship, the club's first top-flight honour in 25 years. The defender played in 14 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign,[1] scoring one goal in the penultimate fixture win against Independiente.

In 2013, Sabia joined Vélez Sársfield on a free transfer, signing for a year and a half.[2]

Honours

Ben Hur
Argentinos Juniors
Vélez Sarsfield

References

  1. ↑ "Closing '10 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Sabia se suma al Campeón" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

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