Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born July 21, 1973 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football (soccer) midfielder, who is nicknamed Abe and Abejo.

He started his career in 1994 with Nacional (when he won one title championship) and in 1997-1998 he played in Spain La Liga with Racing de Santander. In August 1998 Abeijón played in Italian Serie A and 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.

[edit] References

• (Spanish) Profile

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 1995 Copa América Winners (14th title) 1 Alvez • 2 Aguirregaray • 3 Moas • 4 Herrera • 5 Gutiérrez • 6 Adinolfi • 7 Otero • 8 Bengochea • 9 Fonseca • 10 Francescoli • 11 Poyet • 12 Arbiza • 13 Da Silva • 14 Méndez • 15 Saralegui • 16 López • 17 Martínez • 18 Silva • 19 Abeijón • 20 Sosa • 21 Dorta • 22 Ferro • Coach: Núñez

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 1997 Copa América 1 Siboldi • 2 Peña • 3 Moas • 4 Ramos • 5 de los Santos • 6 Gómez • 7 Abeijón • 8 Saralegui • 9 L.Romero • 10 Recoba • 11 Delgado • 12 Romay • 14 M.Romero • 15 Silva • 16 Lujambio • 17 Martínez • 18 Da Silva • 19 Silvera • 20 Fleurquin • 21 Hernández • 22 Abreu • Coach: Ahuntchaín

This biographical article related to Uruguayan football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e