Mathías Abero

Mathías Nicolás Abero Villan (born 9 April 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Uruguayan Primera División club Cerro.

Club career

Nacional Born in Montevideo, Abero began his career as a youth player for Nacional. He made his first-team debut on 13 June 2009 in a 3–0 league loss to Central Español. This was his only appearance in 2008–09 season. Nacional eventually won the league.

In July he made three league appearances for Nacional and in January he was loaned to Racing Montevideo.

International career Abero was part of the Uruguay U-17 squad that participated in the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship

In 2011, he was called by Juan Verzeri to participate in the Uruguay U-22 squad for the 2011 Pan American Games. In this tournament he scored twice, one goal against Trinidad and Tobago and one against the Mexican selection.

On 25 April 2012, he played an international match for Uruguay U-23 against Egypt U-23 in Paysandú.

Abero is also eligible to play for Italy because he has an Italian passport and because of his Italian ancestry.

Honours Nacional Uruguayan Primera División: 2008–09, 2011–12