Àngel Rangel

Àngel Rangel

Rangel playing for Swansea in September 2011
Personal information
Full name Àngel Rangel Zaragoza
Date of birth October 28, 1982 (1982-10-28) (age 29)
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 168 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2011.
† 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 back.

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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.[1]

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;[2] only two weeks later, again at the Liberty Stadium, he netted in a 3–0 success against Southend United.[3]

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.[4] 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;[5] at the start of the 2010–11 season, however, he was sidelined for several weeks with a thigh muscle tear.[6]

Club statistics

As of 26 August 2011
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 6 0 - - 6 0
Total Spain 89 7 1 0 - 90 7
Total England 164 5 8 0 7 0 179 5
Career total 253 12 9 0 7 0 269 12

References

  1. ^ Swans make second Spanish swoop; BBC Sport, 29 June 2007
  2. ^ Swansea 1-0 Hartlepool; BBC Sport, 27 November 2007
  3. ^ Swansea 3-0 Southend; BBC Sport, 15 December 2007
  4. ^ Swans players dominate PFA team; BBC Sport, 28 April 2008
  5. ^ Angel Rangel extends Swansea contract until 2011; BBC Sport, 19 February 2010
  6. ^ Angel Rangel facing up to six weeks out injured; BBC Sport, 21 August 2010

External links

Swansea City A.F.C. – current squad