Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | José Javier Abella Fanjul [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 10, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Santos Laguna | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2020 | Santos Laguna | 193 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Atlas | 93 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | Juárez | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2025– | Santos Laguna | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | Mexico U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Mexico | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2018 |
José Javier Abella Fanjul (born 10 February 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Santos Laguna. [2]
Abella made his Liga MX debut with Santos Laguna 26 July 2013 in a 3–2 home game win against Cruz Azul. [3]
On1 12 December 2019, Abella joined Atlas on loan. [4]
On 8 January 2024, Abella joined FC Juárez for the Clausura 2024. [5]
In early 2018, media sources claimed Abella could have possibly represented the Lebanon national team if he was not to be called by Mexico. [6]
In September 2018, Abella was called up by Mexico head coach Ricardo Ferretti for two friendly matches against Uruguay and the United States. [7] On 11 September 2018, he made his senior debut against the United States, where Mexico lost 0–1. [8]
Abella and Mexican international footballer Miguel Layún are second cousins, as their Mexican grandmothers are sisters, sharing a great-grandparent in common. [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Santos Laguna | 2012–13 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 [b] | 1 | — | 51 | 3 | |||
2014–15 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 [a] | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 [a] | 1 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Total | 193 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 5 | ||
Atlas | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
2020–21 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
2021–22 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||||
2022–23 | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||||
2023–24 | 17 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 3 [d] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
Total | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 1 | ||
Juárez | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 290 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 350 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mexico | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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