Gabriel Vidal

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Gabriel Vidal
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Vidal Nova [1]
Date of birth (1969-10-05) 5 October 1969 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Palma, Spain [1]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
CIDE
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Mallorca B 4 (2)
1989–1998 Mallorca 183 (7)
1996–1998 → Leganés (loan) 43 (1)
1998–2001 Getafe 102 (13)
2001–2002 Ciudad Murcia 35 (1)
2002–2003 Granada 0 (0)
2003–2004 Atlético Baleares
Total367(24)
International career
1985–1986 Spain U16 7 (1)
1987 Spain U17 1 (0)
1990 Spain U20 1 (1)
1992 Spain U23 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Men's Football
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Gabriel Vidal Nova (born 5 October 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Vidal spent most of his 16-year senior career with local RCD Mallorca, [2] playing in La Liga from 1989 to 1992 [3] and reaching the Copa del Rey final in 1991. [4] He made his top-flight debut on 3 September 1989, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 1–0 away loss against CA Osasuna. [5]

Vidal made 211 official appearances for his main club. He scored 12 goals for them, one of them on 2 July 1989 in the 2–0 win over RCD Español in the promotion and relegation play-offs, the 2–1 aggregate victory confirming a return from Segunda División after one year. [6]

Vidal also competed at the professional level with CD Leganés and Getafe CF, retiring in 2004 at age 34 after a spell with amateurs CD Atlético Baleares. [3]

International career

Vidal was part of Spain's gold medal-winning squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona. [7]

Honours

Mallorca

Spain U16

Spain U23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gabriel Vidal at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Bauzà, Jaume (16 January 2016). "Los dos chicos de oro del Mallorca" [Mallorca's two golden boys]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Gabriel Vidal" (in Spanish). El Sitio de Mis Cromos. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 Guasch, Tomás (30 June 1991). "Fiesta rojiblanca en el Bernabéu" [Red-and-white party at the Bernabéu]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Ramos, Rafael (4 September 1989). "1–0: Osasuna aprovechó su oportunidad" [1–0: Osasuna seized their chance]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Canovas, M.C. (3 July 1989). "Un Mallorca feliz y un triste Español" [Happy Mallorca and sad Español](PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Morenilla, Juan (25 February 2007). "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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