Miguel Ángel Angulo

Miguel Ángel Angulo

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Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth	(1977-06-23) 23 June 1977
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team	Valencia (assistant)
Youth career
1994–1995	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Valencia B	15	(2)
1996–1997	→ Villarreal (loan)	32	(9)
1996–2009	Valencia	313	(43)
2009	Sporting CP	4	(0)
Total		364	(54)
International career
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)
2000	Asturias	1	(0)
Managerial career
2015	Valencia (youth)
2015–	Valencia (assistant)
Medal record Representing Spain Men's Football 2000 Sydney Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and 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 (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel aŋˈɡulo]; 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, joining Valencia CF in 1995 at the age of 18. After spending some time with the reserves he was loaned in the 1996–97 campaign to second division club 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 back, as the team 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; He continued to be heavily played in Valencia in the following three seasons combined, netting 15 times in 93 league contests.

On 20 December 2007 Angulo, along with Santiago Cañizares and David Albelda, was axed from the squad by new coach Ronald Koeman. 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 come on as a substitute for David Villa; two weeks later he started his first post-reinstatement match, scoring in a 5–1 away routing of already relegated Levante UD.

In August 2009, after a mediocre campaign 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, which was confirmed the following week.

International career

Angulo made his debut for Spain on 17 November 2004, in a 1–0 friendly win against England played in Madrid. 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.

Statistics

Club

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

International

Spain
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	1	0
2005	0	0
2006	3	0
2007	7	0
Total	11	0

Honours

Club

Valencia

• UEFA Cup: 2003–04
• UEFA Super Cup: 2004
• La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04
• Copa del Rey: 1998–99, 2007–08
• Supercopa de España: 1999
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998

Country

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1998

Spain U18

• UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1995

Spain U23

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 2000

External links

• Miguel Ángel Angulo profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Miguel Ángel Angulo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miguel Ángel Angulo – FIFA competition record
• Stats and bio at CiberChe (Spanish)