Carlos Abad

Carlos Javier Abad-Hernández Trujillo (born 28 June 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for CD Tenerife.

Born in Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Carlos graduated from CD Tenerife's youth setup. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign in Tercera División, while still a junior.

Initially a fourth-choice goalkeeper at the start of 2014–15, Carlos profited from Jacobo Sanz's departure and Nauzet Santana's serious injury, being promoted to Roberto's backup. On 16 November 2014 he played his first match as a professional, replacing the latter due to injury in a 0–2 away loss against UE Llagostera for the Segunda División championship.

On 24 July 2015 Carlos extended his contract with the Blanquiazules until 2020, and was loaned to Real Madrid Castilla five days later, for two years.

Carlos returned to the Blanquiazules for the 2017–18 campaign, but acted as a backup to Dani Hernández. On 23 August 2018, he was loaned to fellow second division side Córdoba CF, mainly due to the club's poor financial situation.

On 3 July 2019, Carlos extended his contract until 2022 and was immediately loaned to Super League Greece side Xanthi FC for one year. At the end of the 2019-20 regular season, no goalkeeper has made more saves in the campaign than Abad. Overall, having participated in 23 out of 26 games, the 24-year-old has tallied 70 saves, four more than Nikos Papadopoulos of Asteras Tripoli. On loan from Tenerife, the talented Spaniard has certainly been a busy man for Xanthi, conceding 27 goals and picking up six clean sheets. It remains to be seen whether he remains at Xanthi for the next season. One of the teams rumoured to be interested, is Aris.

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As of 8 August 2020