Nelson Abeijón

Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Cerro.
Abeijón is nicknamed Abe or Abeja, due to his last name similarity with the word abeja.

Playing career

He started his career in 1994 with Nacional. His role as a holding midfield player and his tough approach of the game made him very popular among his fans. He eventually left the team in the season 1997-1998 when he played in Spain La Liga with Racing de Santander. In August 1998 Abeijón moved to Italian Serie A and then Serie B with Cagliari and Como. In the summer of 2006 he was transferred to Atalanta. During his career he played 282 matches and scored 23 goals.
Abeijón left for Como in 2003 but in January 2004 returned to Cagliari. in July he signed a 2-year contract.

Abeijón made his debut for the Uruguay national football team on October 19, 1994, in a friendly match against Peru in the Estadio Nacional José Díaz in Lima, Peru. He earned a total number of 23 caps for his native country, scoring two goals.