Miguel Ángel Angulo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Angulo and the second or maternal family name is Valderrey.

Miguel Ángel Angulo
Miguel Angel Angulo 2021.jpg
Angulo in 2021
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth (1977-06-23) 23 June 1977 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward, defender
Club information
Current team
 Valencia (assistant)
Youth career
Avilés
1994–1995 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Sporting Gijón B 14 (4)
1996 Valencia B 15 (2)
1996–2009 Valencia 313 (43)
1996–1997 → Villarreal (loan) 32 (9)
2009 Sporting CP 4 (0)
Total 378 (58)
National team
1994–1995 Spain U18 7 (4)
1997 Spain U20 7 (2)
1998–2000 Spain U21 14 (3)
2000 Spain U23 5 (1)
2004–2007 Spain 11 (0)
2000 Asturias 1 (0)
Teams managed
2015 Valencia (youth)
2015– Valencia (assistant)
Honours
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel aŋˈɡulo]; born 23 June 1977) is a Spanish former professional footballer. Predominantly an attacking midfielder, he was also able to play as a right winger and even as a right back or a forward.

Basing his football on inexhaustible physical display, Angulo was much appreciated by trainers because of his versatility, and spent most of his career at Valencia where he won a total of seven major titles, including two La Liga championships and the 2004 UEFA Cup.

Club career[]

Valencia[]

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Angulo began his football career with local Sporting de Gijón, joining Valencia CF in 1995 at the age of 18. After spending some time with the reserves he was loaned in the 1996–97 campaign to Segunda División club Villarreal CF, before returning to Valencia the following summer.[2]

Angulo made 434 competitive appearances during his spell at the Mestalla Stadium,[3] being a very important element in the Che's La Liga conquest in 2002 and 2004 (totalling six goals in 48 games),[1][2] while also starting in the 2004 UEFA Cup final which they won after defeating Olympique de Marseille.[4] Due to the ageing of the previous starter, French Jocelyn Angloma, he played several matches as an attacking right back, as the team operated mainly in a 5–3–2 formation.[5]

In the summer of 2004, Angulo pulled out of a transfer to Arsenal after a last minute change of heart. His agent claimed this was due to the player's anxiety at moving to London; he had already completed part of his medical.[6] He continued to be heavily played by Valencia in the following three seasons, netting 15 times in 93 league games.[7][8][1] On 15 December 2004, he was handed a seven-match ban by UEFA after being sent off in a UEFA Cup tie against SV Werder Bremen where he kicked Nelson Valdez and subsequently spat on Tim Borowski.[9]

On 20 December 2007, Angulo, along with Santiago Cañizares and David Albelda, was axed from the squad by new coach Ronald Koeman.[10] In late April of the following year, however, with Koeman's sacking, all three were reinstated by new manager Voro in a squad seriously threatened with relegation, with five remaining fixtures. On 27 April he returned to action, playing five minutes in a 3–0 home win over CA Osasuna after having come on as a substitute for David Villa.[11] He started his first post-reinstatement match two weeks later, scoring in a 5–1 away rout of already relegated Levante UD.[12]

Sporting CP[]

In August 2009, after a mediocre campaign individually, Angulo was released by Valencia, thus ending a 14-year relationship. Late in the same month he agreed to a one-year contract with Sporting CP, but after just four months, he was released by the Lisbon club, grossly unsettled, and pondered his retirement,[13] which was confirmed the following week.[14]

International career[]

Angulo made his debut for Spain on 17 November 2004, in a 1–0 friendly win against England played in Madrid.[15][16] Going on to collect 11 caps, he never took part in any major tournament, however.[2]

Angulo also represented the nation at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship (five appearances) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (five), helping to a runner-up finish in the latter competition.[17][18]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Source:[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Gijón B 1995–96 Segunda División B 14 4 — 14 4
Valencia B 1995–96 Segunda División B 15 2 — 15 2
Villarreal (loan) 1996–97 Segunda División 32 9 5 1 — 33 10
Valencia 1997–98 La Liga 28 3 3 3 – – 31 6
1998–99 36 8 6 2 10 3 52 13
1999–00 29 5 3 0 18 3 50 8
2000–01 28 0 2 1 10 0 40 1
2001–02 26 4 0 0 5 2 31 6
2002–03 24 4 4 0 11 2 39 6
2003–04 22 2 5 1 9 2 36 5
2004–05 25 3 3 0 5 0 33 3
2005–06 32 6 4 0 1 0 37 6
2006–07 36 6 3 2 10 2 49 10
2007–08 16 2 0 0 4 0 20 2
2008–09 11 0 3 1 2 0 16 1
Total 313 43 36 10 85 14 434 67
Sporting CP 2009–10 Primeira Liga 4 0 2 0 3 0 9 0
Career total 378 58 43 11 86 14 505 83

International[]

Source:[20]
Spain
Year Apps Goals
2004 1 0
2005 0 0
2006 3 0
2007 7 0
Total 11 0

Honours[]

Club[]

Valencia

International[]

Spain U18

Spain U21

Spain U23

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Miguel Ángel ANGULO". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Casado, Edu (8 January 2014). "Qué fue de… Miguel Ángel Angulo: el Valencia y su no tan alejada época dorada" [What happened to… Miguel Ángel Angulo: Valencia and their not-so-distant golden age]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ García, Andrés (14 November 2020). "Gayà, leyenda viva del Valencia" [Gayà, Valencia living legend]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ Gil, Alfonso (31 August 2009). "Angulo, 12 años de éxitos y polivalencia" [Angulo, 12 years of successes and versatility]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Angulo in Arsenal U-turn". BBC Sport. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
  7. ^ Ros, Cayetano (14 April 2004). "Angulo renace en primavera" [Angulo is reborn in Spring]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  8. ^ Morenilla, Juan (10 December 2006). "Angulo encuentra la paz" [Angulo finds peace]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  9. ^ Torrico, Eduardo (15 December 2004). "La UEFA se ceba con Angulo: siete partidos de suspensión" [UEFA gets tough with Angulo: seven-match suspension]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Koeman ratifica el despido de Albelda, Cañizares y Angulo" [Koeman confirms Albelda, Cañizares and Angulo's sacking]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Valencia 3–0 Osasuna". ESPN Soccernet. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Levante 1–5 Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  13. ^ Macdonald, Paul (6 December 2009). "Miguel Angel Angulo terminates contract with Sporting Lisbon, hints at retirement". Goal. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  14. ^ "Angulo cuelga las botas" [Angulo hangs boots]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 10 December 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  15. ^ Gómez, Raúl (17 November 2004). "España convence ante una Inglaterra decepcionante" [Spain convince against disappointing England]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  16. ^ "La fiesta española acabó mal" [Spanish party ended badly] (in Spanish). UEFA. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Sidney 2000: Oro negro" [Sidney 2000: Black gold] (in Spanish). Recuerdos de Nigeria. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  18. ^ Miguel Ángel Angulo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  19. ^ Miguel Ángel Angulo at FootballDatabase.eu
  20. ^ "Miguel Ángel Angulo". European Football. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Príncipes" [Princes]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 June 1998. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  22. ^ "FOTO INTERACTIVA: La medalla de plata más épica, en Sídney" [INTERACTIVE PHOTO: The most epic silver medal, in Sydney] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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