Agustín Abadía

Agustín Abadía Plana (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣusˈtin aβaˈði.a ˈplana]; born 15 April 1962) is a Spanish former professional football left midfielder and manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abadía and the second or maternal family name is Plana.

Agustín Abadía
Abadía with Atlético Madrid
Personal information
Full name Agustín Abadía Plana
Date of birth (1962-04-15) 15 April 1962
Place of birth Binéfar, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Binéfar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Binéfar
1985–1989 CD Logroñés 114 (8)
1989–1990 Atlético Madrid 15 (0)
1990–1993 CD Logroñés 94 (7)
1993–1996 Compostela 87 (4)
1996–1997 CD Logroñés 22 (1)
1997–1999 Binéfar 33 (1)
Total 365 (21)
Managerial career
1999 Binéfar (youth)
1999–2001 Binéfar
2002 CD Logroñés
2002–2003 CD Logroñés (youth)
2003 CD Logroñés
2003–2004 Girona
2008 CD Logroñés
2008–2009 Calahorra
2011–2014 SD Logroñés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blessed with few technical skills but a tremendous hard-worker,[1] his professional career – which included 244 La Liga matches and 14 goals over nine seasons – was closely associated with CD Logroñés, as he served the club in several capacities and in two of its denominations.

In 1999, Abadía started working as a manager.

Playing career

Born in Binéfar, Province of Huesca, Aragon, Tato Abadía made his senior debut with local CD Binéfar. After two consecutive Tercera División championships, he helped the side promote to Segunda División B for the first time in its history, in 1983.[2]

Two years later, Abadía signed for CD Logroñés in Segunda División, scoring three goals in 33 matches in his second season as the Riojans reached La Liga for the first time ever, and helped them retain their league status the following two years, being an important first-team member. In the summer of 1989 he joined Atlético Madrid, but returned to his previous club after only one season.[3][4]

Abadía helped modest Logroñés consecutively remain in the top flight from 1990 to 1993, netting a career-best – both in the league and as a professional – five goals in the 1992–93 campaign, two of those coming on 14 March 1993 as the team came from behind 0–2 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to draw 2–2 against Real Madrid.[1] He moved to SD Compostela aged 31, and achieved another first-ever promotion in his career in his first year, with the Galician side reaching the top tier after finishing third and promoting in the playoffs against Rayo Vallecano, with the player taking part in all 270 minutes in the tie (two games and a third after the teams drew 1–1 on aggregate).[5]

After appearing in only 14 league games in 1995–96 (only three starts), the 34-year-old Abadía returned again to Logroñés, but this time could not help prevent his main club's top-division relegation. He closed out his career with Binéfar in 1999, winning another division four championship in his first season.[6][2]

Coaching career

Abadía started coaching with his last club, first at youth level,[7] then successfully leading the team into safety in two consecutive third-tier seasons.[8][6] He started 2002–03 with Logroñés' juniors, but was promoted to the main squad for the second division promotion playoffs, eventually falling short.[9]

Abadía then managed Girona FC in division three, being dismissed after the seventh round of the 2004–05 campaign, which ended in relegation.[10][11] Subsequently, he returned to Logroñés, and in the following years acted as both manager (youth and seniors) and director of football.[12]

In late January 2011, after one year with CD Calahorra in the fourth division – fourth position, no playoff promotion[13]– Abadía signed for another team in that tier, SD Logroñés (Club Deportivo had already folded after severe economical problems).[14]

References
  1. Agustín Abadía Archived 13 April 2013 at archive.today; La Coctelera, 19 August 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. Qué fue de… 'Tato' Abadía (What happened to… 'Tato' Abadía); 20 minutos, 1 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. Así fue el rocambolesco fichaje del Tato Abadía por el Atlético (This is how Tato Abadía's movie-like signing for Atlético went down); Mundo Deportivo, 21 November 2018 (in Spanish)
  4. ¿Qué fue del Tato Abadía? De símbolo del Logroñés a vender quesos (What happened to Tato Abadía? From Logroñés legend to selling cheeses); Diario AS, 6 June 2019 (in Spanish)
  5. Un Compos de Primera (Primera Compos); Míticos del Balompié, 28 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. ¿Qué fue del "Tato Abadía"? (What happened to "Tato Abadía"?); El Correo Gallego, 25 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. Tato Abadía tendrá seis bajas ante el Compostela (Tato Abadía to have six out against Compostela); La Voz de Galicia, 16 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. El Eibar B hace sufrir al Binéfar (Eibar B make Binéfar suffer); Mundo Deportivo, 14 May 2001 (in Spanish)
  9. Sambruno provoca el delirio en Cádiz (Sambruno makes Cádiz go crazy); Diario AS, 15 June 2003 (in Spanish)
  10. El Girona despide al oscense ´Tato´ Abadía (Girona fire Huesca native 'Tato' Abadía); El Periódico de Aragón, 13 October 2004 (in Spanish)
  11. Geli no esconde su tristeza, pero tampoco "nos rendiremos" (Geli does not hide his sadness, but we will not just "go and surrender"); Diario AS, 15 May 2019 (in Spanish)
  12. Agustín «Tato» Abadía: «El fútbol me dejó a mí» (Agustín "Tato" Abadía: "Football left me"); La Voz de Galicia, 31 August 2020 (in Spanish)
  13. El Calahorra destituye a su entrenador, Tito Bengoechea (Calahorra dismiss their coach, Tito Bengoechea); La Rioja, 2 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  14. Agustín Abadía, nuevo entrenador (Agustín Abadía, new manager) Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine; SD Logroñés, 26 January 2011 (in Spanish)
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