Ángel López

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Ángel
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Domingo López Ruano
Date of birth	(1981-03-10) 10 March 1981
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Las Palmas
Number	6
Youth career
	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2000	Las Palmas B
2000–2003	Las Palmas	81	(1)
2003–2007	Celta	159	(6)
2007–2012	Villarreal	104	(2)
2012–2013	Betis	11	(1)
2013–	Las Palmas
National team
2001–2003	Spain U21	14	(0)
2006–2008	Spain	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Ángel Domingo López Ruano, simply known as Ángel (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaŋxel ˈlopeθ]; born 10 March 1981 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas. An offensive right back, he can also operate as a midfielder.

Club career

After first appearing professionally with hometown UD Las Palmas, playing 64 La Liga games from 2000 to 2002 (32 in each season), Ángel made a name for himself as a stamina-filled wingback at fellow first-divisioner Celta de Vigo,^[1] joining the Galician outfit in the 2003 January transfer window. He appeared in 15 league matches during the second part of the season as Celta qualified to the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever; however, also with the player as first-choice, they would be relegated at the end of the 2003–04 campaign.

On the last day of 2007–08's summer transfer deadline, Ángel joined Villarreal CF. During the season where the team dubbed the Yellow Submarine achieved a best-ever runner-up league position, he split right-back duties with veteran Javi Venta, a situation which again befell in 2008–09 campaign (22 matches for Venta, 21 for López).

In the 2009–10 season, Ángel again battled with Venta for first-choice duties. On 4 April 2010 he scored his first goal for Villarreal, shooting from 30 yards to open the score at Real Valladolid (2–0 win).^[2]

After Venta's departure to Levante UD, Ángel was the undisputed first-choice right-back. On 9 January 2011, however, during a 2–4 away loss against Real Madrid, he suffered a severe injury in his left knee – anterior cruciate ligament – being sidelined for the next six months.^[3]

International career

Ángel made his international debut for the Spanish national team in a 0–1 friendly defeat with Romania in Cádiz, on 15 November 2006.

References

↑ Ángel watches over Celta; UEFA.com, 13 February 2004
↑ Villarreal claim rare away win; ESPN Soccernet, 4 April 2010
↑ Ángel estará seis meses de baja (Ángel to miss six months); Marca, 12 January 2011 (Spanish)

External links

BDFutbol profile
National team data
Ángel López at National-Football-Teams.com
Transfermarkt profile

v t e UD Las Palmas – current squad

1 Barbosa 2 Aythami Álvarez 4 Vicente 5 D. García (c) 6 Ángel 7 Nauzet 9 Macky 11 Momo 12 Shojaei 13 Lizoain 14 Hernán 15 Deivid 16 Aythami Artiles 17 Máyor 18 J. Castellano 19 Galán 20 Castillo 21 Valerón 22 Figueroa 23 D. Castellano 24 Tana 25 Aranda 27 Asdrúbal Manager: Lobera

Persondata
Name	Ángel López
Alternative names	Ángel
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	10 March 1981
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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