Gabriel Moya (footballer)

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Gabriel Moya
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Moya Sanz
Date of birth (1966-03-20) 20 March 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Alcalá
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986 Alcalá 66 (16)
1986–1991 Valladolid 145 (22)
1991–1993 Atlético Madrid 54 (11)
1993–1996 Sevilla 106 (20)
1996–1997 Valencia 35 (7)
1997–1998 Mallorca 23 (3)
1998–2000 Sevilla 43 (4)
2000–2001 Alcalá
Total472(83)
International career
1989–1991 Spain 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Moya Sanz (born 20 March 1966) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

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Club career

Moya was born in Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid. He appeared in 373 games in La Liga (406 across the two major levels of Spanish football), making his debut aged 20 with Real Valladolid. [1] He then proceeded to represent Atlético Madrid, Sevilla FC – two spells – Valencia CF and RCD Mallorca, always as a very important attacking player. [2]

At the end of the 1999–2000 season, after only ten matches and team relegation with Andalusia's Sevilla, Moya retired from professional football at 34. [2]

International career

During his stint at Valladolid, Moya earned four of his five caps for Spain. [2] The first came on 13 December 1989, in a 2–1 friendly win against Switzerland in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. [3]

Moya scored the only goal for his country on 16 January 1991, closing the 1–1 draw with Portugal in another friendly. [4]

Honours

Atlético Madrid

References

  1. "Leyendas del Real Valladolid C. F. – Moya" [Real Valladolid C. F. legends – Moya]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Gabi Moya. Un delantero eléctrico" [Gabi Moya. An electric forward] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. Archs, Jordi (14 December 1989). "La selección no pudo dar su mejor imagen" [National team could not show best side]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. Futre, Paulo (6 October 2020). "Portugal-España y mis recuerdos de 1991" [Portugal-Spain and my memories of 1991]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2025.