Full name Juan Alberto Sabia Name Juan Sabia Career start 2000 Years Team Weight 82 kg | Number 17 Height 1.84 m Playing position Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1981-12-17) December 17, 1981 (age 34) Current team Argentinos Juniors (#17 / Defender) | ||
Poor defending from Sabia - Velez Sarsfield vs Newell's Old Boys
Juan Alberto Sabia (born 17 December 1981) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Argentinos Juniors in the Primera B Nacional.
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Career
Sabia started his professional career in 2000 playing for Ben Hur in the Torneo Argentino A. In 2005, he won the Torneo Argentino A with the club and therefore won promotion to the Primera B Nacional (second division). The defender played one season with Ben Hur in the Primera B Nacional and then joined Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy in the Argentine Primera División, in 2006. After one season with Gimnasia, Sabia joined Argentinos Juniors in 2007.
Sabia quickly established himself as a regular starter for Argentinos Juniors and in 2010 helped the team obtain the 2010 Clausura championship, the club's first top-flight honour in 25 years. The defender played in 14 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign, scoring one goal in the penultimate fixture win against Independiente.
In 2013, Sabia joined Vélez Sársfield on a free transfer, signing for a year and a half.