Gabi (footballer)

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Gabi
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Gabi playing for Atlético Madrid in 2013
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Fernández Arenas
Date of birth (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 14
Youth career
San Eladio
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Atlético Madrid B 46 (4)
2004–2007 Atlético Madrid 58 (1)
2004–2005 → Getafe (loan) 32 (2)
2007–2011 Zaragoza 135 (16)
2011– Atlético Madrid 145 (6)
International career
2003 Spain U20 7 (1)
2004–2005 Spain U21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2016

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Arenas.

Gabriel Fernández Arenas (born 10 July 1983), known as Gabi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid as a defensive midfielder.

He made over 250 La Liga appearances, mostly in two spells at Atlético Madrid interspersed with a period at Zaragoza, winning domestic and European silverware with the former.

Club career

Atlético Madrid

Gabi was born in Madrid. A product of Atlético Madrid's youth system he was seldom used during his debut season with the Colchoneros' first team.

After a loan to another club in the capital, Getafe CF, he would amass 52 La Liga appearances for the club from 2005 to 2007, scoring his only goal in a 1–1 away draw against RCD Espanyol on 9 April 2006.

Zaragoza

In early February 2007 Gabi joined Real Zaragoza on a €9 million transfer, agreeing to a four-year contract effective as of July.[1] He was an undisputed starter in his first year, but the Aragonese were relegated from the top flight.

Defensive-minded Gabi netted four times in 35 games in the 2008–09 campaign, helping Zaragoza immediately regain its lost status. In the following season he again was an automatic first-choice, helping his club to a final 14th position.

Again a starter in the 2010–11, only missing matches due to suspension, Gabi scored a career-best eleven goals as Zaragoza again escaped relegation, six from penalty kicks – he was also team captain. On 12 March 2011, he scored twice from the spot in a 4–0 home win against Valencia CF;[2] on 30 April, in the same predicament, he scored in a 3–2 away success against Real Madrid[3] and, in the last matchday, he grabbed a brace in a 2–1 win at Levante UD, which certified the team's permanence.[4]

Atlético return

On 1 July 2011 Gabi returned to Atlético Madrid, with a transfer fee of around €3 million.[5] He scored his first goal for the team on 4 December, in a 3–1 home win against Rayo Vallecano – adding one in his own net –[6] and started most of his first season in his second spell, partnering another club youth graduate, Mario Suárez, in defensive midfield.

In the 2012–13 campaign Gabi played 45 official matches, including seven in the club's victorious run in the Copa del Rey, the first in 17 years.[7] He was also selected by manager Diego Simeone as the new captain.[8]

On 17 May 2014, in the away match to FC Barcelona that was the last of the season, Gabi took a 49th-minute corner kick which was headed in by Diego Godín to equalise 1–1, and give Atlético its first league title since 1996.[9] On 4 July he signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2017.[10]

In the second leg of a domestic cup quarter-final against Barcelona on 28 January 2015, Gabi was sent off in the tunnel at the end of the first half. His midfield partner Suárez was also dismissed later on, in an eventual 2–3 home defeat.[11]

Club statistics

As of match played 22 November 2015[12][13]
Club statistics
Club Season League Copa del Rey Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Madrid 2003–04 La Liga 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
2004–05 La Liga 0 0 0 0 3 0 — 3 0
2005–06 La Liga 32 1 1 0 — — 33 1
2006–07 La Liga 20 0 2 0 — — 22 0
Total 58 1 4 0 3 0 — 68 1
Getafe 2004–05 La Liga 32 2 2 0 — — 34 2
Total 32 2 2 0 — — 34 2
Zaragoza 2007–08 La Liga 32 0 3 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 37 0
2008–09 Segunda División 35 4 0 0 — — 35 4
2009–10 La Liga 32 1 2 0 — — 34 1
2010–11 La Liga 36 10 2 1 — — 38 11
Total 135 16 7 1 2 0 — 144 16
Atlético Madrid 2011–12 La Liga 31 2 1 0 17[lower-alpha 1] 1 — 49 3
2012–13 La Liga 35 0 8 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 46 0
2013–14 La Liga 36 3 7 0 12[lower-alpha 3] 0 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 57 3
2014–15 La Liga 34 0 5 0 7[lower-alpha 3] 0 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 48 0
2015–16 La Liga 12 1 0 0 5[lower-alpha 3] 0 0[lower-alpha 4] 0 17 1
Total 141 6 21 0 42 1 4 0 217 7
Career total 372 24 34 1 42 1 4 0 464 26
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Super Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Appearances in Supercopa de España

Honours

Club

Atlético Madrid

Country

Spain U20

References

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