José Abella
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| Full name | José Javier Abella Fanjul | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1994 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | |||||||||||
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Current team | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2008– | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2013– | Santos Laguna | 108 | (3) | |||||||||
| 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 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 May 2014 | ||||||||||||
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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 Mexican 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 19 September 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 11 February 2014 in a 1–0 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí of Argentina. On 18 February 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 26 July 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 1 July 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
Club
- Santos Laguna
International
- Mexico
References
- ↑ José Abella – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- ↑ "'He aprendido mucho de Layún': José Javier Abella". Récord. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/ficha.php?id_partido=47288&id_liga=1 Retrieved 15 May 2014.
External links
- José Abella – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- FIFA.com U-20 World Cup Profile
- (in Spanish) Jose Abella's statistics.
- (in Spanish) Fichajes.com Profile
- Medio Tiempo Profile
- ESPN FC Profile
- Official Instagram
- Official Twitter
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