| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1977 | ||
| 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). |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Spain | ||
| Men's Football | ||
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Team Competition |
Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (born 23 June 1977 in Oviedo, Asturias) 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.
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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 level 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 league conquest in 2002 and 2004 (netting 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;[1] 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.[2] 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;[3] two weeks later, he started his first post-reinstatement match, scoring in a 5–1 away routing of already relegated Levante UD.[4]
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,[5] which was confirmed the following week.[6]
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.[7]
| 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 | |
| Spain national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 |
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