About Sebastián Abreu
Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan aˈβɾew]; born 17 October 1976), nicknamed El Loco (The Madman), is a Uruguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Mexican club Tijuana. Over the course of a 26-year professional career, Abreu represented a record 32 clubs across 11 countries, playing 700 league matches and scoring 338 goals. He won honours with San Lorenzo and River Plate in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, Botafogo in Brazil, and Santa Tecla in El Salvador. He was also the top scorer in four seasons separate seasons in the Mexican league. On the international stage, Abreu made 70 appearances for the Uruguay national team, scoring 26 times. He represented Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2010, and at the Copa América in 1997, 2007 and 2011, becoming a champion in the latter. On 27 May 2010, Abreu stood only five goals short of Uruguayan all-time goalscoring record, held by Héctor Scarone for 79 years. In early January 2009, Abreu returned to Spain after a ten-year absence, being loaned by River to Segunda División side Real Sociedad, which had lost habitual first choice Iñigo Díaz de Cerio for the season due to a serious leg injury. On 6 February 2011, Abreu was involved in a dramatic match against Fluminense: his team won a penalty kick as they were losing 2–1, and he shot it in Panenka-style, with Diego Cavalieri saving the shot by simply standing still.
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