&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Loko-AM2018_tren_(13).jpg) Gabi with Atlético Madrid in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Luis Fernández Arenas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1983[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Getafe B (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Eladio | |||
| Atlético Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Atlético Madrid B | 46 | (4) |
| 2004–2007 | Atlético Madrid | 58 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Getafe (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2007–2011 | Zaragoza | 135 | (16) |
| 2011–2018 | Atlético Madrid | 239 | (6) |
| 2018–2020 | Al Sadd | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 545 | (29) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Spain U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023 | Getafe (youth) | ||
| 2023– | Getafe B | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel Luis Fernández Arenas (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈβɾjel feɾˈnandeθ aˈɾenas]; born 10 July 1983), known as Gabi ([ˈɡaβi]), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of Getafe CF B.
He made 429 La Liga appearances, mostly in two spells at Atlético Madrid interspersed with a period at Zaragoza, winning domestic and European silverware with the former; during his ten-year stint at the club, he amassed competitive totals of 417 matches and ten goals. He also competed professionally in Qatar, with Al Sadd.[3][4]
Gabi represented Spain at youth level.
- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Al-Sadd SC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Gabi". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Lechuga, Juan Ignacio (3 July 2018). "417 partidos y un palmarés casi perfecto" [417 matches and a nearly perfect prize list] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "429 – Se retira Gabi, el futbolista con más partidos disputados en @LaLiga en el Siglo XXI sin ser internacional con su selección (429 encuentros). Sacrificado" [429 – Retirement of Gabi, the footballer with the most matches played in @LaLiga in XXI Century without being an international with his national team (429 games). Team man] (in Spanish). Twitter. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2024.