Sebastian Abreu
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Sebastián Abreu
Personal information
Full name	Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo
Date of birth	October 17, 1976 (1976-10-17) (age 32)
Place of birth	Minas, Uruguay
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	River Plate
Number	13
Youth clubs
1994-1996	Defensor
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001 2002-2003 2003 2004 2005-2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008-	Defensor San Lorenzo Deportivo La Coruña →Grêmio (loan) → Tecos (loan) San Lorenzo →Nacional Montevideo (loan) →Cruz Azul (loan) →Club América (loan) Nacional Montevideo Dorados Sinaloa CF Monterrey San Luis UANL Tigres River Plate Beitar Jerusalem River Plate	24 (13) 45 (26) 18 0(4) 07 0(1) 35 (29) 25 (10) 18 (17) 52 (46) 16 0(3) 22 (20) 34 (22) 18 0(8) 14 0(5) 14 0(7) 24 0(16) 02 0(0) 00 0(0)
National team2
1996-	Uruguay	46 (27)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo, Abreu (born 17 October 1976 in Minas), is an Uruguayan football centre forward, nicknamed "El Loco" (The mad man). He currently plays for CA River Plate in Argentina.

Football career

A prolific goal scorer, Abreu has played in numerous clubs throughout the Americas (Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil) also having an unsuccessful stint with Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña, who loaned him several times for the duration of his contract.

After having joined Mexico's UANL Tigres in 2007, he was able to rescind his contract with them in order to join River Plate. The Mexican FA stalled on recognizing the transfer because of an imposed moratorium between the sides.

In the summer of 2008, after a long and exhausting negotiations, Abreu signed a contract with Israeli Premier League champions Beitar Jerusalem FC. He played a few matches in the qualyfying round for the UEFA Champions League, but his team was quickly eliminated. He couldn't play in the local tournament for Beitar due to the club not paying him his salary.

After rescinding his contract with Beitar, Abreu re-signed with River Plate in September 2008, with a contract lasting until June 2009. Due to Abreu signing too late, he was not able to play for River in the local championship, only in the Southamerican Cup. The next year, he was eligible for both the domestic and Libertadores Cup fronts.

An Uruguayan international since July 17, 1996 (China 1 - Uruguay 1), Abreu played for the national side at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (2 matches) and the 1997 and 2007 Copa América tournaments, netting twice in the latter.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
Clausura 2001	Nacional	Uruguayan League
Uruguayo 2001	Nacional	Uruguayan League
Apertura 2003	Nacional	Uruguayan League
Apertura 2004	Nacional	Uruguayan League
Uruguayo 2005	Nacional	Uruguayan League
Clausura 2008	River Plate	Argentine League

External links

• Official site
• National team data (Spanish)
• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)

v • d • e Uruguay squad – Copa América 1997 1 Siboldi • 2 Peña • 3 Moas • 4 Ramos • 5 de los Santos • 6 Gómez • 7 Abeijón • 8 Saralegui • 9 L.Romero • 10 Recoba • 11 Delgado • 12 Romay • 14 M.Romero • 15 Silva • 16 Lujambio • 17 Martínez • 18 Da Silva • 19 Silvera • 20 Fleurquin • 21 Hernández • 22 Abreu • Coach: Ahuntchaín

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Carini • 2 Méndez • 3 Lembo • 4 Montero • 5 García • 6 Rodríguez • 7 Guigou • 8 Varela • 9 Silva • 10 O'Neill • 11 Magallanes • 12 Munúa • 13 Abreu • 14 Sorondo • 15 Olivera • 16 Romero • 17 Regueiro • 18 Morales • 19 Bizera • 20 Recoba • 21 Forlán • 22 De los Santos • 23 Elduayen • Coach: Púa

v • d • e Uruguay squad – Copa América 2007 Fourth Place 1 Carini • 2 Lugano • 3 Godín • 4 Fucile • 5 García • 6 D. Rodríguez • 7 C. Rodríguez • 8 Gargano • 9 Vargas • 10 Recoba • 11 Estoyanoff • 12 Castillo • 13 Abreu • 14 Diogo • 15 Pérez • 16 Pereira • 17 Valdez • 18 Canobbio • 19 Scotti • 20 González • 21 Forlán • 22 Sánchez • Coach: Tabárez