Abraham Minero Fernández (born 22 February 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Minero played amateur football until the age of 22. He first arrived in the Segunda División B in 2008, joining UE Sant Andreu.Edu Oriol y Abraham Minero, vidas paralelas con pasado azulgrana (Edu Oriol and Abraham Minero, parallel lives with an azulgrana past); FC Barcelona, 14 November 2011 (in Spanish)Abraham Minero, un lateral polivalent al carril esquerre (Abraham Minero, versatile full-back on the left wing); L'Esportiu, 7 July 2017 (in Catalan)
On 6 August 2010, Minero signed a one-year deal with FC Barcelona B of Segunda División.Abraham, nuevo fichaje del Barça B (Abraham, new Barça B signing); FC Barcelona, 6 August 2010 (in Spanish) He appeared in his first match as a professional later that month, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away win against RC Celta de Vigo.El Barcelona B exhibe su pegada en Balaídos y apunta alto (Barcelona B display pace in Balaídos and aim high); Marca, 28 August 2010 (in Spanish)
On 6 June 2011, Minero was released by the CatalansCinco jugadores del B, desvinculados (Five B players, released); FC Barcelona, 6 June 2011 (in Spanish) and joined La Liga side Real Zaragoza on 2 July, for three years.Abraham y Edu Oriol nuevos jugadores del Real Zaragoza (Abraham and Edu Oriol new players of Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 2 July 2011 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the competition on 28 August, starting in the 0–6 home loss to Real Madrid.Un gustazo para los ojos (A delight to the eyes); Marca, 28 August 2011 (in Spanish)
On 4 March 2012, Minero scored his first professional goal, in the 93rd minute for a 2–1 home victory over Villarreal CF.¿Cree en los milagros? (Do you believe in miracles?); Marca, 4 March 2012 (in Spanish) On 27 February of the following year he renewed his contract with the Aragonese club, running until 2017.Abraham Minero renueva con el Zaragoza hasta 2017 (Abraham Minero renews with Zaragoza until 2017); Marca, 27 February 2013 (in Spanish)
Minero made 35 appearances in his second season, which ended in relegation.Abraham, un ex en el Nástic: ¿Cuál fue el último partido como zaragocista? (Abraham, ex at Nástic: What was the last match as a Zaragoza man?); Heraldo de Aragón, 31 March 2019 (in Spanish) On 2 August 2014 he moved to SD Eibar, recently promoted to the top flight, in a season-long loan.Abraham Minero nuevo fichaje del Eibar (Abraham Minero new signing of Eibar) ; SD Eibar, 2 August 2014 (in Spanish)
After returning to Zaragoza, Minero moved to Levante UD on 7 July 2016 in a one-year loan deal.El Levante UD y el Real Zaragoza llegan a un acuerdo para la cesión de Abraham Minero (Levante UD and Real Zaragoza reach an agreement for the loan of Abraham Minero); Levante UD, 7 July 2016 (in Spanish) On 6 July of the following year, he signed a permanent two-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona also of the second tier.Abraham es suma al projecte del Nàstic (Abraham added to Nàstic project) ; Gimnàstic Tarragona, 6 July 2017 (in Catalan)
On 27 June 2019, having suffered relegation, Minero agreed to a two-year deal at Racing de Santander who had just returned to the second division.Abraham Minero deja el Nàstic y se va al Racing de Santander (Abraham Minero leaves Nàstic and goes to Racing de Santander); Diari de Tarragona, 27 June 2019 (in Spanish)
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSant Andreu2008–09Segunda División B26010202902009–103422060422Total6023080712Barcelona B2010–11Segunda División240——240Zaragoza2011–12La Liga22120—2412012–1335040—3902013–14Segunda División24010—2502015–1621110—221Total102280001102Eibar (loan)2014–15La Liga22110—231Levante (loan)2016–17Segunda División20000—200Gimnàstic2017–18Segunda División30000—3002018–1934000—340Total6400000640Racing Santander2019–20Segunda División16010—170Lleida Esportiu2020–21Segunda División B19000—190Ebro2021–22Segunda División RFEF2200030250Career total34951301103735
Honours Levante Segunda División: 2016–17
References
External links Real Zaragoza official profile