Yagó Bellón

Yago Bellón (born 28 August 1989) is a Swiss former association footballer.

Yago Bellón
Personal information
Full name Yago Bellón
Date of birth (1989-08-28) 28 August 1989
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Tägerwilen
Youth career
2004–2006 FC St. Gallen
2006–2008 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 FC St. Gallen II 19 (3)
2009–2011 FC Wil 1900 24 (17)
2011 FC Gossau 16 (1)
2011–2013 FC Kreuzlingen 42 (33)
2013–2014 FC Tägerwilen
International career
2006 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2009

Primarily right-footed, Bellón operated in midfield or as a full-back. Despite playing the majority of his career in his native Switzerland, Bellón was once a player for the academy of English Premier League side Aston Villa. His twin brother Damian Bellón was also a professional footballer and is now manages a side in Thailand. Yago now works in banking sector in Switzerland.

Career

Aston Villa

Bellón signed for English Premier League side Aston Villa from local side FC St. Gallen in 2006, along with his twin brother Damian. However, neither managed to get further than Villa's reserve side and were both released two years later.

Return to Switzerland

Yagó re-signed for previous club FC St. Gallen where he remained for one season, playing in their under-21 side.[1]

At the end of the 2008–09 season, he joined FC Wil on a free transfer. Bellón made a total of 26 appearances for FC Wil, with 24 of those coming in the league. He dropped down a division to join FC Gossau in January 2011. In October 2011, he signed for FC Kreuzlingen on a free transfer. In September 2013, Bellón transferred to FC Tägerwilen.

Retirement

Bellón retired from semi-professional football in 2014 and retrained in the financial sector, and was working at the Thurgauer Kantonalbank in Switzerland in 2019.[2]

Personal life

His twin brother Damian was also a professional footballer and is now manages MOF Customs United in Thai League 2. After retirement from football, Yagó commented how his father was incredibly strict and had made him and his brother train in isolation daily from a young age to achieve a professional contract, to the detriment of their school work and social life.[2]

References
  1. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - SFV".
  2. "Yago Bellon, the failed super talent [German]". Blick.ch. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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