{{short description|Welsh footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gareth Abraham | image = | fullname = Gareth John Abraham<ref>{{Hugman|19|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|02|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}} | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1987–1992 | years2 = 1992–1994 | years3 = 1994–2001 | years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Cardiff City | clubs2 = Hereford United | clubs3 = Merthyr Tydfil | clubs4 = Rhayader Town | caps1 = 87 | caps2 = 49 | caps3 = ? | caps4 = 15 | goals1 = 4 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = ? | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = | ntupdate = }} '''Gareth John Abraham''' (born 13 February 1969) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made over 100 appearances in The Football League with Cardiff City and Hereford United before playing non-league football for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhayader Town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/garethabraham.html |title=Gareth Abraham |publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database |access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Hugman|19|accessdate=18 May 2016}}</ref>
==Career== Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Abraham came through the youth ranks at Cardiff City, captaining them to a Welsh Youth Cup win, before making his debut in 1987 during a 3–0 defeat to Wrexham. Three days after his debut, he scored his first goal for the club when he found the net in a 3–1 victory over Darlington but did not appear for the Bluebirds again for the rest of the season as the team won promotion from the Fourth Division. It was during the 1988–89 season that he began to establish himself in the first team but during his time at the club Cardiff found themselves hovering above relegation from the Football League.<ref name="hayes">{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=10 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}</ref>
He found himself out of the side in 1991–92 season and left the club to join Hereford United in January 1992, making his debut in a 1–1 draw with Barnet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/abraham.htm |title=Gareth Abraham |publisher=Bulls News |access-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034300/http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/abraham.htm |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}</ref> He spent one and a half seasons with Hereford before leaving for his hometown team of Merthyr Tydfil,<ref name="hayes"/> also working as a groundsman at the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-merthyr-make-most-of-addisons-knowhow-1140354.html |title=Merthyr make most of Addison's knowhow |newspaper=The Independent |date=23 January 1998 |access-date=6 May 2010 | location=London | first=Rupert | last=Metcalf}}</ref> After spending over five years at Merthyr, Abraham spent a short time in the Welsh Premier League with Rhayader Town alongside former Cardiff teammate Cohen Griffith until the pair left the club by mutual consent in January 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Manager+ready+to+help+out+Druids.(Sport)-a081587544 |title=Manager ready to help out Druids |publisher=Liverpool Daily Post |date=11 January 2002 |access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Cardiff City'''<ref name="hayes"/>
* '''Welsh Cup Winner: 1''' :: 1991–92
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Gareth}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Merthyr Tydfil Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Cardiff City F.C. players Category:Hereford United F.C. players Category:Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Cymru Premier players Category:Rhayader Town F.C. players Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen