Nelson Abadía Aragón (born 5 June 1956) is a Colombian football manager. Since 2017, he currently serves as manager of the Colombia women's team. He is the father of footballer

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Managerial career

At the end of the 1990s, Abadía managed the "B" team of

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organized by Difutbol. There, he was in charge of several players who turned professional such as Sandro Zuluaga, Alex del Castillo and Róbinson Zapata. In 2004, Abadía was appointed by the Panamanian football club

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By 2005, the team was within 3 points of playing in the finals. In 2006, he managed the now defunct Centauros Villavicencio in

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. In 2008, he managed

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who were 6 points away from playing in the Primera B final. Since 2014, Abadía has been part of the Colombian women's team, first as Fabián Taborda's technical assistant and then promoted to manager.

Honours

Manager

Colombia Women *

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