José Javier Abella Fanjul (born 10 February 1994) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Abella made his

debut with

26 July 2013 in a 3–2 home game win against

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. On1 12 December 2019, Abella joined

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on loan. On 8 January 2024, Abella joined

FC Juárez Fútbol Club Juárez, also known as Bravos de Juárez or simply Juárez, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, that currently competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football ...

for the Clausura 2024.

International career

In early 2018, media sources claimed Abella could have possibly represented the Lebanon national team if he was not to be called by

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. In September 2018, Abella was called up by Mexico head coach

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for two friendly matches against

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and the

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. On 11 September 2018, he made his senior debut against the United States, where Mexico lost 0–1.

Personal life

Abella and Mexican international footballer

Miguel Layún Miguel Arturo Layún Prado (born 25 June 1988) is a Mexican former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back. Layún began his professional career in 2006 with Gallos Ca ...

are second cousins, as their Mexican grandmothers are sisters, sharing a great-grandparent in common.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Santos Laguna *

: Clausura 2015, Clausura 2018 *

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: Apertura 2014 Atlas *

: Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022 *

Campeón de Campeones Campeón de Campeones () is an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Liga MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup cha ...

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Mexico Youth *

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* Pan American Silver Medal:

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Individual *

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top scorer:

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abella, Jose 1994 births Sportspeople from Córdoba, Veracruz Footballers from Veracruz Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Mexican people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Men's association football forwards Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Mexico men's international footballers Santos Laguna footballers Atlas F.C. footballers FC Juárez footballers Liga MX players Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games footballers for Mexico Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games