Abel
Personal information
Full name	Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira
Date of birth	December 22, 1978 (1978-12-22) (age 30)
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Sporting CP
Number	78
Youth career
1995–1997	Penafiel
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2000–2004 2004–2005 2006–	Penafiel Vitória Guimarães Braga Sporting CP	063 (4) 080 (1) 043 (0) 089 (1)
National team2
2007–	Portugal	001 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira, known as Abel (born 22 December 1978 in Penafiel), is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a right defender.

[edit] Football career

After emerging through his hometown club's youth ranks, Abel developed while at Vitória de Guimarães, making his top level debuts, then switched to another Minho side in 2004–05, Sporting de Braga.

In January 2006, Abel transferred to Sporting Clube de Portugal, in a two-way loan deal involving Wender, a Brazilian left winger, who already had represented the northern side.^[1] The move was made permanent before 2006–07.

In 2007–08, Abel scored a spectacular goal against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League group stage, in a 2–1 away loss.^[2] He also made his national team debuts during that season. From 2008–09 onwards, he began having stiff competition from Brazilian Pedro Silva.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• PortuGOAL profile
• Stats and profile at Zerozero

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