Abel Aguilar
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Aguilar being presented by Deportivo La Coruña
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Full name | Abel Enrique Aguilar Tapias | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Toulouse | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Deportivo Cali | 102 | (3) |
2005–2010 | Udinese | 2 | (0) |
2005 | → Ascoli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Xerez (loan) | 48 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Hércules (loan) | 34 | (9) |
2009–2010 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 27 | (4) |
2010–2013 | Hércules | 73 | (4) |
2012–2013 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 28 | (3) |
2013– | Toulouse | 49 | (1) |
2015– | Toulouse B | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2004– | Colombia | 56 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:15, 14 October 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:14, 30 March 2015 (UTC) |
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Abel Enrique Aguilar Tapias (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈβel aɣiˈlar]; born 6 January 1985) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for French club Toulouse FC as a central midfielder.
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Club career
Italy
Aguilar was born in Bogotá. Serie A club Udinese Calcio bought his rights in the summer of 2005, from local Deportivo Cali, and loaned him immediately to fellow league team Ascoli Calcio 1898 due to the excess of foreign players in the roster; however, after some problems in the arrival of the transfer, the player missed pre-season training, only joining it a month into the season.
Aguilar returned to Udinese in January 2006, after having never played for Ascoli, but received few playing opportunities in the following months (one league match, and the UEFA Cup 0–1 loss at RC Lens, both incomplete).
Spain
For the following three years Aguilar was also loaned, always in the Spanish second division. He started out in January 2007 at Xerez CD,[1] where he remained until the end of the 2007–08 campaign, always as first-choice.
In 2008–09 Aguilar represented Hércules CF, being a permanent fixture as the Alicante side fell three points short of a return to La Liga. On 24 July 2009 he was again loaned, now to Real Zaragoza, which in turn promoted to the top flight;[2] he made his debut in the competition on 29 August, starting and playing 71 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CD Tenerife.[3]
Aguilar was released by Udinese in July 2010, immediately signing a four-year contract with former club Hércules, returned to the top division after an absence of 13 years.[4]
International career
Aguilar was the captain of the Colombian national team at under-17 and under-20 levels. He rose to stardom as leader of the latter side that finished third at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Aguilar was then promoted to the senior squad for the 2004 Copa América held in Peru. There, he scored two goals, helping his country to the semifinals.[5]
Subsequently, Aguilar returned to the under-20 (again as captain), helping them to a first-place finish at the 2005 South American Youth Cup with the consequent qualification for the World Championship of the category in the Netherlands. After helping the national team to three group stage wins, he could not prevent a round-of-16 1–2 ousting at the ends of Argentina.
Aguilar was selected by José Pekerman for his 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.[6] He played his first-ever game in the tournament on 14 June, starting in a 3–0 group stage win against Greece which was also his 50th cap.[7]
International goals
Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[8]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 July 2004 | Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo, Peru | ![]() |
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2. | 17 July 2004 | ![]() |
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3. | 12 July 2005 | Orange Bowl, Miami, United States | ![]() |
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2005 Gold Cup |
4. | 17 July 2005 | Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States | ![]() |
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5. | 6 February 2013 | Sun Life, Miami Gardens, United States | ![]() |
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6. | 30 March 2015 | Mohammed Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
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References
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- ↑ Abel Aguilar es el cuarto (Abel Aguilar is the fourth); Diario Equipo, 24 July 2009 (Spanish)
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- ↑ Copa América 2004; at RSSSF
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External links
- Abel Aguilar profile at BDFutbol
- Abel Aguilar at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Abel Aguilar – FIFA competition record
- Abel Aguilar at Soccerway
- Abel Aguilar at ESPN FC
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- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2014
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bogotá
- Colombian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Serie A players
- Udinese Calcio players
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Xerez CD footballers
- Hércules CF players
- Real Zaragoza players
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- Ligue 1 players
- Toulouse FC players
- Colombia international footballers
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 Copa América players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Colombian expatriates in Spain
- Colombian expatriates in France