Nelson Abeijón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abeijón and the second or maternal family name is Pessi.
Nelson Abeijón
Personal information
Full name Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi
Date of birth (1973-07-21) 21 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cerro (assistant)
Youth career
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Nacional 81 (9)
1997–1998 Racing Santander 30 (2)
1998–2006 Cagliari 154 (11)
2003–2004 → Como (loan) 10 (1)
2006–2007 Atalanta 5 (0)
2008 River Plate 2 (0)
International career
1994–2003 Uruguay 23 (2)
Managerial career
2016 Oriental
2016–2017 Deportivo Maldonado
2018– Cerro (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Copa América
Winner 1995 Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born 21 July 1973) is a retired Uruguayan footballer. He is nicknamed Abe or Abeja, due to his last name similarity with the word abeja (Spanish for bee). He is currently the assistant coach of C.A. Cerro.[1]

Playing career

Club

He started his career in 1994 with Nacional (winning one minor title championship). His role as a holding midfield player and his tough approach of the game made him very popular among his fans. He eventually left the team in the season 1997-1998 when he played in Spain La Liga with Racing de Santander. In August 1998 Abeijón moved to Italian Serie A and then 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.[2] in July he signed a 2-year contract.[3]

International

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.[4] He earned a total number of 23 caps for his native country, scoring two goals.

References

  1. ^ Cerro: Fernando "Petete" Correa asumirá como DT y su asistente será Nelson Abeijón‚ futbol.com.uy, 7 January 2018
  2. ^ "ABEIJON FIRMA PER IL CAGLIARI". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 January 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ [1] RSSSF


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