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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
Angulo in June 2013
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth (1977-06-23) 23 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward, defender
Team information
Current team
 Valencia (assistant)
Youth career
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)
International career
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)
Managerial career
2015 Valencia (youth)
2015– Valencia (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 second division club 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 games in the two seasons combined), while also starting in the 2004 UEFA Cup final which the club won over Olympique de Marseille;[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] He continued to be heavily played in Valencia in the following three seasons combined, netting 15 times in 93 league contests;[4][5] 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.[6]

On 20 December 2007, Angulo, along with Santiago Cañizares and David Albelda, was axed from the squad by new coach Ronald Koeman.[7] 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 games. On 27 April he returned to action, playing five minutes in a 3–0 home win against CA Osasuna after having come on as a substitute for David Villa;[8] two weeks later he started his first post-reinstatement match, scoring in a 5–1 away routing of already relegated Levante UD.[9]

Sporting

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,[10] which was confirmed the following week.[11]

International career

Angulo made his debut for Spain on 17 November 2004, in a 1–0 friendly win against England played in Madrid.[12] 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.[13][14]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Gijon 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:[16]
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. ^ "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Angulo, 12 años de éxitos y polivalencia" [Angulo, 12 years of successes and versatility] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ^ Angulo in Arsenal U-turn; BBC Sport, 31 August 2004
  4. ^ "Angulo renace en primavera" [Angulo is reborn in Spring] (in Spanish). El País. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Angulo encuentra la paz" [Angulo finds peace] (in Spanish). El País. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. ^ "La UEFA se ceba con Angulo: siete partidos de suspensión" [UEFA gets tough with Angulo: seven-match suspension] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ Koeman ratifica el despido de Albelda, Cañizares y Angulo (Koeman confirms Albelda, Cañizares and Angulo's sacking); La Vanguardia, 20 December 2007 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Valencia 3–0 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 27 April 2008
  9. ^ Levante 1–5 Valencia; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008
  10. ^ Miguel Angel Angulo terminates contract with Sporting Lisbon, hints at retirement; Goal, 6 December 2009
  11. ^ Angulo cuelga las botas (Angulo hangs boots); Super Deporte, 10 December 2009 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ "La fiesta española acabó mal" [Spanish party ended badly] (in Spanish). UEFA. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Sidney 2000: Oro negro" [Sidney 2000: Black gold] (in Spanish). Recuerdos de Nigeria. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  14. ^ Miguel Ángel Angulo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  15. ^ {{Miguel Ángel Angulo at FootballDatabase.eu
  16. ^ "Miguel Ángel Angulo". European Football. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  17. ^ "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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