Àngel Rangel

Àngel Rangel

Rangel playing for Swansea in September 2011
Personal information
Full name	Àngel Rangel Zaragoza
Date of birth	(1982-10-28) October 28, 1982
Place of birth	Sant Carles, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Swansea City
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Tortosa
2003–2004	Reus
2004–2005	Girona	24	(0)
2005–2006	Sant Andreu	33	(5)
2006–2007	Terrassa	34	(2)
2007–	Swansea City	187	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rangel and the second or maternal family name is Zaragoza.

Àngel Rangel Zaragoza (born 28 October 1982 in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Swansea City in the Premier League, as a right defender.

Football career

During his Spanish career, Rangel represented CD Tortosa, CF Reus Deportiu, Girona FC, UE Sant Andreu and Terrassa FC, always in his native Catalonia) and never in higher than Segunda División B. In the summer of 2007, he signed for Swansea City in the English League One on a one-year performance-related deal, for an undisclosed fee. Countryman Roberto Martínez was the team's manager.

In his first season with Swansea, Rangel played a massive role as the Welsh club returned to the second tier after a 24-year absence, as league champions. On 27 November 2007, he scored his first goal as a Swan, netting eight minutes from time in a 1–0 home win against Hartlepool United; only two weeks later, again at the Liberty Stadium, he netted in a 3–0 success against Southend United.

At the end of the season, Rangel was one of five Swansea players to make the PFA League One Team of the Year, alongside Ferrie Bodde, Garry Monk, Andy Robinson and the league's top scorer Jason Scotland. He continued to feature prominently for the club in the following years and, in mid-February 2010, put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension; at the start of the 2010–11 season, however, he was sidelined for several weeks with a thigh muscle tear.

In November 2011, Rangel was voted best defender in the Premier League. He contributed with 25 appearances as Swansea easily retained its division status.

Club statistics

As of 7 January 2012

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Total
2001–02	Tortosa	Divisiones Regionales	-		-		-		-
2002–03			-		-		-		-
2003–04	Reus	Tercera División	-		-		-		-
2004–05	Girona	Segunda División B	24	0	-		-		24	0
2005–06	Sant Andreu		31	5	-		-		31	5
2006–07	Terrassa		34	2	1	0	-		35	2
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2007–08	Swansea	League One	43	2	4	0	1	0	48	2
2008–09		Championship	40	1	3	0	3	0	46	1
2009–10			38	0	-		2	0	40	0
2010–11			41	2	1	0	1	0	43	2
2011–12		Premier League	25	0	1	1	-		26	1
Total	Spain		89	7	1	0	-		90	7
Total	England		187	5	9	1	7	0	195	6
Career total			268	12	10	1	7	0	285	13

External links

• Swansea City official profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Àngel Rangel career stats at Soccerbase