Miguel Ángel Angulo

Miguel Ángel Angulo

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth	23 June 1977 (1977-06-23)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
1994–1995	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1996	Valencia B	15	(2)
1996–2009	Valencia	313	(43)
1996–1997	→ Villarreal (loan)	32	(9)
2009	Sporting CP	4	(0)
Total		364	(54)
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Spain
Men's Football
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

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

Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (born 23 June 1977) is a retired Spanish footballer. Predominantly an attacking midfielder, he was also able to play as a right winger and even right back.

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

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Angulo began his football career with local Sporting de Gijón, in 1994–95, joining Valencia CF the following season, aged 18. After spending some time with the club's reserves, he would be loaned in 1996–97 to second division outfit Villarreal CF, before returning to Valencia in the following summer.

Never an undisputed starter, Angulo amassed more than 300 appearances in his first ten professional years at Valencia, being a very important element in the Che's La Liga conquest in 2002 and 2004 (scoring six goals in 48 contests in the two seasons combined), while also starting in the 2004 UEFA Cup final which the club won, over Olympique de Marseille; due to the ageing of the previous starter, French Jocelyn Angloma, he played several matches as an offensive right defender, as the club operated mainly in a 5–3–2 formation.

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. Angulo had already completed part of his medical; He continued to be heavily played in Valencia in the following three seasons combined, netting 15 times in 93 league matches.

On 20 December 2007 Angulo, along with Santiago Cañizares and David Albelda, was axed from the Valencia squad by new boss Ronald Koeman. In late April, however, with Koeman's sacking, all three were reinstated by new manager Voro in a squad seriously threatened with relegation, with five remaining games. On 27 April 2008 he returned to action, playing five minutes in a 3–0 home win against CA Osasuna after having replaced David Villa; two weeks later, he started his first post-reinstatement match, netting in a 5–1 away routing of already relegated Levante UD.

In August 2009, after a mediocre season 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 Clube de Portugal, but after just four months, he was released by the Lisbon club, grossly unsettled, and pondered his retirement, which was confirmed the following week.

International career

Angulo made his debut for Spain on 17 November 2004, in a friendly match against England played in Madrid (1–0 win). Going on to collect 11 caps, he never took part in any major competition's final stages, however.

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.

Statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Villarreal	1996–97	32	9	5	1	-	-	37	10
	Total	32	9	5	1	0	0	37	10
Valencia	1997–98	28	2	3	2	-	-	31	4
	1998–99	35	8	6	1	10	3	51	12
	1999–00	29	5	3	0	16	3	48	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	3	0	1	0	36	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	312	42	35	8	83	14	430	64
Sporting	2009–10	4	0	2	0	3	0	9	0
	Total	4	0	2	0	3	0	9	0
Career total		348	51	42	9	86	14	476	74

International

Spain national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	1	0
2005	0	0
2006	3	0
2007	7	0
Total	11	0

Honours

Valencia

• UEFA Cup: 2003–04
• UEFA Super Cup: 2004
• Spanish League: 2001–02, 2003–04
• Spanish Cup: 1998–99, 2007–08
• Spanish Supercup: 1999

Spain U21

• European Under-21 Championship: 1998

Spain U18

• UEFA U-18 Championship: 1995

Spain U23

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 2000

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Miguel Ángel Angulo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miguel Ángel Angulo – FIFA competition record
• Stats and bio at CiberChe (Spanish)