Wilker Ángel

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ángel and the second or maternal family name is Romero.
Wilker Angel
Wilker Ángel 2017.jpg
Ángel with FC Terek in 2017
Personal information
Full name Wilker José Ángel Romero[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Valera, Venezuela[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Göztepe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Trujillanos 13 (0)
2011–2016 Deportivo Táchira 148 (18)
2016–2021 Akhmat Grozny 105 (7)
2021– Göztepe 4 (0)
National team‡
2011 Venezuela U-20 4 (0)
2014– Venezuela 27 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2021. (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:11, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a right footed[4] Venezuelan footballer, who plays as a centre-back[1] for Göztepe in Turkey and the Venezuela national team.

Career[]

Club[]

Trujillanos FC[]

Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010-2011 season,[1]

Deportivo Táchira[]

Angel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2-1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3-1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5-0.[1]

Terek Grozny[]

On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny, then called Terek Grozny.[5] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.[6]

Göztepe[]

On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish club Göztepe.[7]

International[]

Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 16 May 2021[1]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Táchira 2010-11 Liga Venezolana 8 2 1 0 1 0 – 10 2
2011-12 22 2 6 0 6 0 – 34 2
2012-13 23 2 1 0 – 24 2
2013-14 32 6 – – 32 6
2014-15 35 4 – – 35 4
2015 14 0 2 1 7 0 – 23 1
2016 14 2 0 0 8 1 – 22 3
Total 148 18 9 1 23 1 0 0 180 20
Akhmat Grozny 2016–17 Russian Premier League 26 1 2 0 – – 28 1
2017–18 26 3 1 0 – – 27 3
2018–19 18 1 1 0 – – 19 1
2019–20 19 1 3 1 – – 22 2
2020–21 16 1 5 0 – – 21 1
Total 105 7 12 1 - - - - 117 8
Career total 253 25 21 2 23 1 0 0 297 28

International[]

Venezuela national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 1 1
2015 1 0
2016 11 1
2017 4 0
2018 4 0
2019 2 0
2020 4 0
2021 0 0
Total 27 2

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2020[8]

International goals[]

As of match played 2 February 2016[8]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 18 November 2014 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia
1–0
2–3
 Friendly
2. 2 February 2016 Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela  Costa Rica
1–0
1–0
 Friendly

Honors[]

National[]

Venezuela

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Wilker Ángel at Soccerway
  2. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Player Stats - Wilker Angel - Deportivo Táchira". Olympics.stats.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  3. ^ Wilker Ángel at Russian Premier League
  4. ^ "W. Ángel - Soccer - Opera mobile - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Sports.opera.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  5. ^ "Анхель Вилькер подписал контракт с Тереком". fc-terek.ru (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Анхель, Исмаэль, Мелкадзе и Алмаши покидают ФК "Ахмат"". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Wilker Jose Angel Romero Göztepe'mizde" (in Turkish). Göztepe. 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Wilker Ángel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Japan vs. Venezuela - 19 November 2019 - Soccerway".
  10. ^ "Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 [11/19] Top".

External links[]

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