Abdón Prats Bastidas (born 7 December 1992), known simply as Abdón, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda División club Mallorca.

Club career Born in Artà, Balearic Islands, and a product of local RCD Mallorca's youth system, Abdón made his debut as a senior at the age of only 17, going on to spend several seasons in the Segunda División B with the reserves.Artà, la cuna de Abdón Prats (Artà, Abdón Prats' cradle); Última Hora, 25 June 2019 (in Spanish) On 13 December 2011 he made his first appearance with the main squad, playing two minutes in a 0–1 home loss against Sporting de Gijón in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.Muñiz guía la eliminatoria para el Sporting en Mallorca (Muñiz puts tie in favour of Sporting in Mallorca); Diario AS, 13 December 2011 (in Spanish)

On 28 April 2012, Abdón appeared in his first La Liga game, coming off the bench for Víctor Casadesús in the 3–1 win at Getafe CF.Mallorca leapfrog Getafe ; ESPN Soccernet, 28 April 2012 On 23 August of the following year he was loaned to third-division club Burgos CF,Abdón Prats se marcha cedido al Burgos CF de la Segunda B (Abdón Prats goes on loan to Burgos CF of Segunda B) ; Mallorca Esport, 23 August 2013 (in Spanish) returning at the end of the campaign to Mallorca's first team, now competing in the Segunda División.

Abdón scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2014, but in a 4–6 home defeat to CA Osasuna.Festival de goles en Pamplona (Goal festival in Pamplona); Marca, 21 September 2014 (in Spanish) He terminated his contract the next transfer window,Abdón Prats se desvincula del club (Abdón Prats cuts ties with club) ; RCD Mallorca, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish) and signed with CD Tenerife of the same league shortly after.Abdón Prats, nuevo jugador del CD Tenerife (Abdón Prats, new player of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)

On 3 July 2015, Abdón signed a two-year deal with CD Mirandés also in the second tier.Abdón Prats firma por dos temporadas con el Club Deportivo Mirandés (Abdón Prats signs for two seasons with Club Deportivo Mirandés); CD Mirandés, 3 July 2015 (in Spanish) He left the Estadio Municipal de Anduva by mutual consent in January 2017,Comunicado oficial, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D. (Official announcement, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D.); CD Mirandés, 25 January 2017 (in Spanish) and agreed terms with Racing de Santander later that day.El Racing incorpora a su plantilla 2016/17 al delantero Abdón Prats (Racing add forward Abdón Prats to their 2016/17 squad); Racing Santander, 25 January 2017 (in Spanish) He scored a career-best 14 goals – in only 19 matches – for the latter, but they failed to promote to division two.Abdón Prats, el ascensor del Mallorca (Abdón Prats, Mallorca's elevator); El Correo, 25 June 2019 (in Spanish)

Abdón returned to Mallorca in summer 2017, with the side now in the third division.Abdón Prats vuelve a casa (Abdón Prats returns home); Marca, 4 July 2017 (in Spanish) Under Vicente Moreno, he was part of the squads that achieved two promotions in two years,Vicente Moreno, un especialista en ascensos (Vicente Moreno, specialist in promotions); El Mundo, 24 June 2019 (in Spanish) totalling 18 goals in the process.Álvaro Giménez se proclama máximo goleador con veinte dianas (Álvaro Giménez crowned top scorer with twenty goals); La Vanguardia, 9 June 2019 (in Spanish)El Mallorca firma una gesta de Primera (Mallorca with Primera exploit); Diario AS, 23 June 2019 (in Spanish)Abdón: El nuevo mito del Mallorca (Abdón: Mallorca's new myth); Diario de Mallorca, 25 June 2019 (in Spanish)

Abdón started 2023–24 strongly, scoring four times in as many matches in spite of limited playing time.Abdón Prats: 4 ratos y 4 goles (Abdón Prats: 4 bits and 4 goals); Diario de Mallorca, 27 September 2023 (in Spanish) He was also joint-top scorer of the year's Spanish Cup at six, helping the club to reach the final for the first time since 2003.Abdón Prats quiere ‘su’ Copa (Abdón Prats wants 'his' Cup); Diario AS, 26 February 2024 (in Spanish)Greif y Aguirre llevan al Mallorca a una final 21 años después (Greif and Aguirre take Mallorca to a final 21 years later); Relevo, 27 February 2024 (in Spanish)

Personal life Abdón's uncle Toni was also a footballer. A goalkeeper, he too was brought up at Mallorca.El sobrino supera al tío (The nephew overcomes the uncle); Diario AS, 17 October 2021 (in Spanish)

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCopa del ReyOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMallorca B2010–11Segunda División B255——2552011–123313——33132012–13327——327Total902500009025Mallorca2011–12La Liga1020—302014–15Segunda División14210—152Total1523000182Burgos (loan)2013–14Segunda División B341033—3713Tenerife2014–15Segunda División9000—90Mirandés2015–16Segunda División30584—3892016–176010—70Total3659400459Racing Santander2016–17Segunda División B141000541914Mallorca2017–18Segunda División B3512002037122018–19Segunda División31511413672019–20La Liga20020—2202020–21Segunda División311022—33122021–22La Liga23341—2742022–2326133—2942023–2434686—42122024–2524210102622025–2615034—184Total2393924177127057Career total437913924125488120

Honours Mallorca Segunda División B: 2017–18

Individual Segunda División Player of the Month: May 2021Abdon Prats named LaLiga SmartBank Player of the Month for May; La Liga, 21 May 2021

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