Last update 21 May, 2025 by Alberto Llopis
The former CD Logroñés player, Atlético de Madrid and Compostela reviews its career and reflects on current football in UNA Interview given to Óliver Domínguez for Flashscore News.
To his 63 years, Tato Abbey Live quiet in Logroño with his wife, with whom he runs a cheese store on San Agustín street. Away from the spotlights and without social networks, He claims not to be very aware of the retro phenomenon that has made him an icon of "traditional football".
Tato Abbey: "Soccer has won in technique, But it has lost identity "
Abadía considers that football has evolved favorably in the technical, But deeply laments the loss of identity of the clubs, especially the disappearance of CD Logrones, An open wound in your memory. According to him, "It went for a ridiculous debt" and the city did not know how to defend the legacy of its team.
"In Logroño there is no clear soccer project"
El Tato believes that the problem is not having two teams, but not have a course. "The formula has not been found to have a strong and representative club again in national football", points out.
His passage through Atlético de Madrid: "I didn't know how to adapt"
in the season 1992-93, Abbey signed for Atlético de Madrid of Jesus Gil. Although he arrived with enthusiasm, He didn't finish fitting. "I asked to leave after a year and now I regret. I didn't adapt and I don't know why ”, confesses.
It is still emotionally linked to the rojiblanco club, although he considers that in recent years “he has won battles, But not wars ", in reference to the lack of continuity in great sports achievements.
Compostela and the nostalgia of what was
He also remembered his stage in the SD Compostela, where he lived a historical ascent, But he regrets that the club has not known how to keep its place in the elite.
"I don't identify with any current player"
Despite the rise of his figure among the native soccer nostalgics, ensures that it is not reflected in any current player. "Sometimes I comment things with friends, But I can't find a mirror in modern football ".