Juan Pablo Ángel
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| Juan Pablo Ángel | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Pablo Ángel Arango | |
| Date of birth | October 24, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | New York Red Bulls | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-1997 1997-2000 2001-2007 2007- |
Atlético Nacional de Medellín River Plate Aston Villa Red Bull New York |
54 (45) 96 (46) 175 (44) 31 (21) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996-2006 | Colombia | 33 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Juan Pablo Ángel Arango (born October 24, 1975 in Medellín) is a Colombian football striker, who is currently playing for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Atlético Nacional and River Plate
Juan Pablo Ángel Arango started playing professional football at Atlético Nacional in his home city of Medellín, Colombia. Ángel was sold to River Plate, Argentina as a replacement of the departed Hernán Crespo.[1] River Plate spectators would often adorn angel wings to show their appreciation.[2]
[edit] Aston Villa
Ángel became Aston Villa's record signing at £9.5 million on 12 January 2001. In his time at Villa, he was reportedly Villa's highest earner. After an indifferent start to his Aston Villa career, and family difficulties, Angel settled down and started to produce the form that persuaded Doug Ellis to shell out the massive transfer fee. He quickly became a fans favourite and is the most recent Villa player to have scored more than 20 goals in one season, finishing as the club's top scorer in the 2003-04 season with 16 goals in the FA Premier League,[3] (23 goals including cup competitions) but could not maintain that form as Villa struggled and he only managed seven goals in 2004-05.
In the 2005-2006 season, Juan Pablo Angel missed 2 penalties in a game against Fulham. Edwin Van der sar saved both penalties and, then manager David O'leary said Angel's penalties days are over. He then went on a long drought on the goal mouth costing himself a place in the starting 11 with Milan Baros being preferred.
His last season for Villa (2006-2007) was a mixed one for Ángel. After much initial promise in which Ángel scored seven goals, the arrival of John Carew and Ashley Young in the January Transfer window pushed Ángel further down the pecking order at Villa Park, as well as losing his place in the first team before their arrival after a disastrous 60 seconds against Tottenham Hotspur where he missed a penalty then scored an own goal.
At Aston Villa, Angel still managed 66 goals in 205 games. Only one player has scored more for Villa since 1991, that being Dwight Yorke (97 goals in 288 games).
[edit] New York Red Bulls
On 17 April 2007, the New York Red Bulls announced the signing of Ángel as their second designated player, pending the approval of his work visa. After his visa was approved, Ángel made his Red Bull debut 8 May 2007 in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying match. Ángel came on as a substitute and scored a free kick in extra time during the Red Bulls' 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Ángel scored his first MLS goal for New York on May 19, 2007, in a 4-0 win over the Columbus Crew. Ángel also recorded an assist and played an important role in a third goal to round off a performance that earned him that week's MLS Player of the Week award.[4] His form showed no signs of letting up in the following game, as he weighed in with two goals and another assist as the Red Bulls overcame Chicago Fire to win 3-0, taking them to joint top of the Eastern Conference.
Angel has been voted MLS Player of the Month for May.[5] He is also the first Red Bull to score in six straight games.
On August 18, 2007, Angel added two more goals to his tally. His team defeated Los Angeles Galaxy 5-4, in a match which David Beckham was playing for his opponents. Angel scored the first goal early on from a free kick before striking a late winner to seal the game for the Red Bulls. Angel also scored the first goal of the 2007 MLS All-Star Game on July 19, 2007 against Celtic F.C., and later was named MVP of the Match for his performance.[6] On 29th September 2007 Angel scored a penalty to tie the Red Bulls' game against Real Salt Lake and in doing so scored his 17th goal of the season in all competitions, setting a new franchise record. Angel concluded his initial campaign in New York scoring 19 goals and 5 assists in 24 league matches (20 goals in 27 matches in all official competitions). His regular season goal total was one short of Luciano Emilio who led the league with 20 but played more games.
[edit] Play-offs
On the 26th October 2007, Angel told the New York Daily News, "It's very American, in every sport the playoff system ... I think there should be more credit to the guys who do well in the regular season. It's interesting. It's a little bit unfair. I'm trying to understand it. I might answer you in a different way in a couple of weeks."[7]
A week later, Angel and the Red Bulls were knocked out of contention for the 2007 MLS Cup by the New England Revolution on a 1-0 aggregate score as Angel pleaded to his manager to be brought back on after coming off for treatment to a head injury received during the match which turned out to be a concussion.
[edit] New York Red Bulls (Second Season)
Angel had a slow start to the 2008 season due to a lower back injury but finally scored his first of the season in his fourth appearance - a 2-1 winner against LA Galaxy on May 10th. On June 5th he fought through a still painful hamstring injury to score the only goal in New York's home win against Chivas USA. After the final whistle he was seen limping off the pitch.
[edit] Statistics
| Season | Club | Domestic League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| 1993 | Atlético Nacional de Medellín | 3 | 1 |
| 1994 | Atlético Nacional de Medellín | 32 | 8 |
| 1995 | Atlético Nacional de Medellín | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | Atlético Nacional de Medellín | ? | ? |
| 1997 | Atlético Nacional de Medellín | ? | ? |
| 1997-98 | River Plate | 12 | 2 |
| 1998-99 | River Plate | 31 | 11 |
| 1999-00 | River Plate | 35 | 20 |
| 2000-01 | River Plate | 18 | 13 |
| 2000-01 | Aston Villa | 9 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | Aston Villa | 29 | 12 |
| 2002-03 | Aston Villa | 15 | 1 |
| 2003-04 | Aston Villa | 33 | 16 |
| 2004-05 | Aston Villa | 35 | 7 |
| 2005-06 | Aston Villa | 31 | 3 |
| 2006-07 | Aston Villa | 23 | 4 |
| 2007 | Red Bull New York | 24 | 19 |
| 2008 | Red Bull New York | 7 | 2 |
| Total | --- | 359 | 120 |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Player Biography", globeandmail.com.
- ^ Lewis, Brian. "Red Bulls Finally Land Their Man", The New York Post, 2007-04-18.
- ^ [1] JPA ninth highest scorer in EPL
- ^ "New York Red Bulls forward Juan Pablo Angel wins MLS Player of the Week honors for Week 7", MLS, 2007-05-21.
- ^ "New York Red Bulls' forward Juan Pablo Angel voted MLS Player of the Month for May", MLS, 2007-05-31.
- ^ [2] press release via RBNY site
- ^ Red Bulls star Juan Pablo Angel learning about A-Rod rule
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