Carlos Javier Abad-Hernández Trujillo (born 28 June 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Atlético Baleares.

Club career

Born in

Puerto de la Cruz Puerto de la Cruz is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It was formerly known by its English translation, "Port of the Cross", although now it is known by its Spanish name in all lang ...

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, Abad graduated from

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

's youth setup. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, while still a junior. Initially a fourth-choice goalkeeper at the start of 2014–15, Abad profited from Jacobo Sanz's departure and Nauzet Santana's serious injury, being promoted to

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's backup. On 16 November 2014 he played his first match as a professional, replacing the latter due to injury in a 0–2 away loss against

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in the

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championship. On 24 July 2015 Abad extended his contract with the ''Blanquiazules'' until 2020, and was loaned to

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five days later, for two years. He returned to the ''Blanquiazules'' for the 2017–18 campaign, but acted as a backup to

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. On 23 August 2018, he was loaned to fellow second division side

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

, and became a first-choice mainly due to the club's poor financial situation. On 3 July 2019, Abad extended his contract until 2022 and was immediately loaned to

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

side

Xanthi FC Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

for one year. He finished the season by being the goalkeeper who made more saves in the league, making 70 saves (four more than

Asteras Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greec ...

's Nikos Papadopoulos), conceding only 27 goals and picking up six clean sheets. On 3 September 2020, Abad joined recently relegated side

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

on a two-year deal.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abad, Carlos 1995 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Puerto de la Cruz Association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Tenerife B players CD Tenerife players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Córdoba CF players Deportivo de La Coruña players Super League Greece players Xanthi F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece