Miguel Ángel Angulo

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Miguel Ángel Angulo
Personal information
Full nameMiguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth (1977-06-23) 23 June 1977
Place of birthOviedo, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder / Forward
Youth career
1994–1995Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1996Valencia B15(2)
1996–2009Valencia313(43)
1996–1997→ Villarreal (loan)32(9)
2009Sporting CP4(0)
Total364(54)
National team
1994–1995Spain U187(4)
1997Spain U207(2)
1998–2000Spain U2114(3)
2000Spain U235(1)
2004–2007Spain11(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Angulo and the second or maternal family name is Valderrey.

Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (born 23 June 1977) is a Spanish retired 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.

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Angulo began his football career with local Sporting de Gijón in 1994–95, joining Valencia CF the following season at the age of 18. After spending some time with the club's reserves he was loaned in 1996–97 to second division 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 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; 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 – he had already completed part of his medical;[1] He continued to be heavily played in Valencia in the following three seasons combined, scoring 15 goals in 93 league contests.

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 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 replaced David Villa;[3] two weeks later he started his first post-reinstatement match, netting 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]

International career

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]

Honours

Club

Valencia

Country

Spain U21
Spain U18
Spain U23

Statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Villarreal 1996–97 32951--3710
Total 32951003710
Valencia 1997–98 28232--314
1998–99 358611035112
1999–00 29530163488
2000–01 28021100401
2001–02 2640052316
2002–03 24440112396
2003–04 2225192365
2004–05 2533050333
2005–06 3263010366
2006–07 366321024910
2007–08 1620040202
2008–09 1103120161
Total 31242358831443064
Sporting 2009–10 40203090
Total 40203090
Career total 34851429861447674

International

Spain national team
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200630
200770
Total110

References

  1. ↑ Angulo in Arsenal U-turn; BBC Sport, 31 August 2004
  2. ↑ Koeman ratifica el despido de Albelda, Cañizares y Angulo (Koeman confirms Albelda, Cañizares and Angulo's sacking); La Vanguardia, 20 December 2007 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Valencia 3–0 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 27 April 2008
  4. ↑ Levante 1–5 Valencia; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008
  5. ↑ Miguel Angel Angulo terminates contract with Sporting Lisbon, hints at retirement; Goal.com, 6 December 2009
  6. ↑ Angulo cuelga las botas (Angulo hangs boots); Super Deporte, 10 December 2009 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Miguel Ángel Angulo – FIFA competition record

External links

Spain men's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists
Spain
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