Mathías Nicolás Abero Villan (born 9 April 1990) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Cerro.

Club career

Nacional

Born in

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, Abero began his career as a youth player for

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. He made his first-team debut on 13 June 2009 in a 3–0 league loss to

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. This was his only appearance in 2008–09 season. Nacional eventually won the league. In July he made three league appearances for Nacional and in January he was loaned to Racing Montevideo. He made his debut for Racing on 20 February in a 3–0 league loss to Cerrito. He ended the 2009–10 with six league appearances for Racing. In the next season Abero made 25 appearances and scored one goal (on 7 May 2011) in a 6–0 win over

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. In June 2011 Abero returned to Nacional. On 9 October in a 3–0 win over

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he scored his first goal for Nacional. Abero ended the 2011–12 with 17 appearances and three goals. He also won his second league title with Nacional.

Bologna

On 19 July 2012, he signed with a

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side

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International career

Abero was part of the Uruguay U-17 squad that participated in the

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In 2011, he was called by Juan Verzeri to participate in the Uruguay U-22 squad for the

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. In this tournament he scored twice, one goal against

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and one against the Mexican selection. On 25 April 2012, he played an international match for Uruguay U-23 against Egypt U-23 in

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. Abero is also eligible to play for

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because he has an

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and because of his Italian ancestry.

Honours

Nacional *

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: 2008–09, 2011–12

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