 Abadía withAtlético Madrid | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agustín Abadía Plana | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-04-15)15 April 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Binéfar, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Binéfar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | Binéfar | ||
| 1985–1989 | CD Logroñés | 114 | (8) |
| 1989–1990 | Atlético Madrid | 15 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | CD Logroñés | 94 | (7) |
| 1993–1996 | Compostela | 87 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | CD Logroñés | 22 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Binéfar | 33 | (1) |
| Total | 365 | (21) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999 | Binéfar (youth) | ||
| 1999–2001 | Binéfar | ||
| 2002 | CD Logroñés | ||
| 2002–2003 | CD Logroñés (youth) | ||
| 2003 | CD Logroñés | ||
| 2003–2004 | Girona | ||
| 2008 | CD Logroñés | ||
| 2008–2009 | Calahorra | ||
| 2011–2014 | SD Logroñés | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Agustín Abadía Plana (Spanish pronunciation:[aɣusˈtinaβaˈði.aˈplana]; born 15 April 1962) is a Spanish former professionalfootballleft midfielder andmanager.
Blessed with few technical skills but a tremendous hard-worker,[1] his professional career – which included 244La Liga matches and 14 goals over nine seasons – was closely associated withCD Logroñés, as he served the club in several capacities and in two of its denominations.
In 1999, Abadía started working as a manager.
Born inBinéfar,Province of Huesca,Aragon,Tato Abadía made his senior debut with localCD Binéfar. After two consecutiveTercera División championships, he helped the side be promoted toSegunda División B for the first time in its history, in 1983.[2]
Two years later, Abadía signed forCD Logroñés in theSegunda División, scoring three goals in 33 matches in1986–87 as theRiojans reachedLa Liga for the first time, and helped them retain their league status the following two years, being an important first-team member. In the summer of 1989 he joinedAtlético Madrid, but returned to his previous club after onlyone season.[3][4]
Abadía helped modest Logroñés consecutively remain in the top flight from1990 to1993, netting a career-best – both in the league and as a professional – five goals in the1992–93 campaign, two of those coming on 14 March 1993 as the team came from behind 2–0 at theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium to draw 2–2 againstReal Madrid.[1] He moved toSD Compostela aged 31, and achieved another first-ever promotion in his career in hisfirst year, with theGalician side reaching the top tier after finishing third and promoting in the playoffs againstRayo Vallecano, with the player taking part in all 270 minutes in the tie (two games and a third after the teams drew 1–1 on aggregate).[5]
Having appeared only in 14 league games in1995–96 (three starts), the 34-year-old Abadía returned to Logroñés, but this time could not help prevent his main club'stop-division relegation. He closed out his career with Binéfar in 1999.[6][2]
Abadía started coaching with his last club, first at youth level,[7] then successfully leading the team into safety in two consecutive third-tier seasons.[8][6] He started 2002–03 with Logroñés' juniors, but was promoted to the main squad for thesecond division promotion playoffs, eventually falling short.[9]
Abadía then managedGirona FC in division three, being dismissed after the seventh round of the2004–05 campaign, which ended in relegation.[10][11] Subsequently, he returned to Logroñés, and in the following years acted as both manager (youth and seniors) anddirector of football.[12]
In late January 2011, after one year withCD Calahorra in the fourth division –fourth position, no playoff promotion[13]– Abadía signed for another team in that league,SD Logroñés (Club Deportivo had already folded due to severe economical problems).[14]