Blessed with few technical skills but a tremendous hard-worker,[1] his professional career – which included 244 La Liga matches and 14 goals over nine seasons – was closely associated with CD Logroñés, as he served the club in several capacities and in two of its denominations.

[3][4] Abadía helped modest Logroñés consecutively remain in the top flight from 1990 to 1993, netting a career-best – both in the league and as a professional – five goals in the 1992–93 campaign, two of those coming on 14 March 1993 as the team came from behind 0–2 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to draw 2–2 against Real Madrid.

[1] He moved to SD Compostela aged 31, and achieved another first-ever promotion in his career in his first year, with the Galician side reaching the top tier after finishing third and promoting in the playoffs against Rayo Vallecano, with the player taking part in all 270 minutes in the tie (two games and a third after the teams drew 1–1 on aggregate).

[5] After appearing in only 14 league games in 1995–96 (only three starts), the 34-year-old Abadía returned to Logroñés, but this time could not help prevent his main club's top-division relegation.

[6][2] Abadía started coaching with his last club, first at youth level,[7] then successfully leading the team into safety in two consecutive third-tier seasons.