Abella with Santos Laguna in 2016
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Javier Abella Fanjul[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1994-02-10) February 10, 1994 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juárez | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | (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 Juárez.[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 | |
Santos Laguna
Atlas
Mexico Youth
Individual
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Atlas F.C. – current squad
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