Aguilar being presented by Deportivo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abel Enrique Aguilar Tapias | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Deportivo Cali | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Deportivo Cali | 102 | (3) |
2005–2010 | Udinese | 2 | (0) |
2005 | → Ascoli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Xerez (loan) | 48 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Hércules (loan) | 34 | (9) |
2009–2010 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 27 | (4) |
2010–2013 | Hércules | 73 | (4) |
2012–2013 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 28 | (3) |
2013–2016 | Toulouse | 49 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Toulouse B | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Belenenses | 9 | (1) |
2016– | Deportivo Cali | 14 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2004– | Colombia | 61 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2017 |
Abel Enrique Aguilar Tapias (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈβel aɣiˈlar]; born 6 January 1985) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Cali as a central or defensive midfielder.
Aguilar was born in Bogotá. Serie A club Udinese Calcio bought his rights in the summer of 2005, from local Deportivo Cali, and loaned him immediately to fellow league team Ascoli Calcio 1898 due to the excess of foreign players in the roster; however, after some problems in the arrival of the transfer, the player missed pre-season training, only joining it a month into the season.
Aguilar returned to Udinese in January 2006, after having never played for Ascoli, but received few playing opportunities in the following months (two league matches and the UEFA Cup 0–1 loss at RC Lens, all incomplete).
For the following three years, Aguilar was also loaned, always in the Spanish second division. He started out in January 2007 at Xerez CD, where he remained until the end of the 2007–08 campaign, always as first-choice.
In 2008–09, Aguilar represented Hércules CF, being a permanent fixture as the Alicante side fell three points short of a return to La Liga. On 24 July 2009 he was again loaned, now to Real Zaragoza, which in turn promoted to the top flight; he made his debut in the competition on 29 August, starting and playing 71 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CD Tenerife, and scored all his four league goals during the first two months of competition.