Novelda CF played its first preseason match on September 25 at Moi Gómez de Rojales against CD Tháder. The bad news was the spectacular injury of goalkeeper Iker Gómez, which left everyone present speechless. However, there were also positive details about the turf, such as the debut of some players who joined weeks ago.
abel Martínez colón is a new player of the novelda cf
One of them is Abel Martínez Colón, 27-year-old Cuban central defender. His case is quite particular, since he landed in La Magdalena after signing with Lynx FC of the Gibraltar Football League.
The player himself made some statements for Depor Cuba in which he assured that the Gibraltarian team had been reinforced to seek European places. Before the stoppage for the Covid, Abel was part of CD Castilla Palencia, a team from the Third Division of Castilla y León in which he ended up after being in Denmark and Finland.
However, the most striking thing about his career is the sanction of one year and three months suffered by CONCACAF after having tested positive for doping. FIFA ratified that decision, and the player from Havana had to stay away from the pitch.
In several interviews for Cuban and Spanish media, the defender defended his innocence, alleging that at no time did he leave the hotel during the concentration with the Cuban national team, and that someone must have added something to his food.
abel suffered a sanction of one year and three months for doping, something that he himself has repeatedly denied
At that time, he was rendering his services to Cruz Azul Hidalgo de México, a team with which he never made his debut due to the suspension. The most beautiful memories of his career are kept with his team, since at the age of 19 managed to qualify with the U-20 for the 2013 World Cup in Turkey, something that had never occurred in the history of the national team. He then played ten games with the absolute, between officials and friendlies. He also got a runner-up with ‘La Habana’ in the First Division of his country.
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