Miguel Ángel Angulo

Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel aŋˈɡulo]; born 23 June 1977) is a Spanish former professional footballer, currently manager of Valencia CF Mestalla. Predominantly an attacking midfielder, he was also able to play as a right winger and even as a right-back or a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Angulo and the second or maternal family name is Valderrey.

Miguel Ángel Angulo
Angulo in 2021
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey
Date of birth (1977-06-23) 23 June 1977[1]
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward, defender
Team information
Current team
 Valencia B (manager)
Youth career
Avilés
1994–1995 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Sporting Gijón B 14 (4)
1996 Valencia B 15 (2)
1996–2009 Valencia 313 (43)
1996–1997 → Villarreal (loan) 32 (9)
2009 Sporting CP 4 (0)
Total 378 (58)
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
2014–2015 Valencia (youth)
2015–2016 Valencia (assistant)
2018–2021 Valencia (youth)
2021– Valencia B
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyTeam Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Basing his football on inexhaustible physical display, Angulo was much appreciated by trainers because of his versatility, and spent most of his career at Valencia where he won a total of seven major titles, including two La Liga championships and the 2004 UEFA Cup.

Club career

Valencia

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Angulo began his football career with local Sporting de Gijón, joining Valencia CF in January 1996 at the age of 18. After spending some time with the reserves he was loaned in the 1996–97 campaign to Segunda División club Villarreal CF, before returning to Valencia the following summer.[2]

Angulo made 434 competitive appearances and scored 67 goals during his spell at the Mestalla Stadium,[3] being a very important element in the Che's La Liga conquest in 2002 and 2004 (totalling six goals in 48 games),[1][2] while also starting in the 2004 UEFA Cup final which they won after defeating Olympique de Marseille;[4] he scored as a substitute in wins at Maccabi Haifa F.C. and Beşiktaş J.K. in earlier rounds.[5][6] Due to the ageing of the previous starter, Frenchman Jocelyn Angloma, he played several matches as an attacking right-back, as the team operated mainly in a 5–3–2 formation.[7]

In summer 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.[8] He continued to be heavily played by Valencia in the following three seasons, netting 15 times in 93 league games.[9][10][1] On 15 December 2004, he was handed a seven-match ban by UEFA after being sent off in a UEFA Cup tie against SV Werder Bremen where he kicked Nelson Valdez and subsequently spat on Tim Borowski.[11]

On 20 December 2007, Angulo, along with Santiago Cañizares and David Albelda, was axed from the squad by new coach Ronald Koeman.[12] 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 fixtures. On 27 April he returned to action, playing five minutes in a 3–0 home win over CA Osasuna after having come on as a substitute for David Villa.[13] He started his first post-reinstatement match two weeks later, scoring in a 5–1 away rout of already relegated Levante UD.[14]

Sporting CP

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 CP, but after just four months, he was released by the Lisbon club, grossly unsettled, and pondered his retirement,[15] which was confirmed the following week.[16]

Coaching

Angulo returned to Valencia as a coach, being hired at the Infantil B team in 2014.[2] The following December, he moved up from the under-19s to be assistant to Gary Neville in the main squad, alongside the Englishman's brother Phil.[17] He was dismissed alongside the head coach in late March 2016.[18]

After three years back in the youth ranks, Angulo was hired as manager of the reserve side on 17 June 2021.[19] In his first season, he won promotion from the fifth-tier Tercera División RFEF as group champions.[20] After missing out on a second consecutive promotion by a late single-goal defeat to CP Cacereño in the 2023 Segunda Federación play-offs,[21] he extended his contract to 2025.[22]

International career

Angulo made his debut for Spain on 17 November 2004, in a 1–0 friendly win against England played in Madrid.[23][24] Going on to collect 11 caps, he never took part in any major tournament, however.[2]

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.[25][26] He also played in Asturias' first representative game since 1936 the same year, a 1–0 victory over Macedonia in his hometown.[27]

Career statistics

Club
Source:[28]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Gijón B 1995–96 Segunda División B 144—144
Valencia B 1995–96 Segunda División B 152—152
Villarreal (loan) 1996–97 Segunda División 32951—3310
Valencia 1997–98 La Liga 28333––316
1998–99 368621035213
1999–00 29530183508
2000–01 28021100401
2001–02 2640052316
2002–03 24440112396
2003–04 2225192365
2004–05 2533050333
2005–06 3264010376
2006–07 366321024910
2007–08 1620040202
2008–09 1103120161
Total 313433610851443467
Sporting CP 2009–10 Primeira Liga 40203090
Career total 378584311861450583

International
Source:[29]
Spain
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200630
200770
Total110

Managerial statistics
As of 26 February 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Valencia B Spain 17 June 2021 Present 59 33 18 8 102 42 +60 055.93 [30]
Total 59 33 18 8 102 42 +60 055.93 —

Honours

Valencia

Spain U18

Spain U21

Spain U23

References
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  2. Casado, Edu (8 January 2014). "Qué fue de… Miguel Ángel Angulo: el Valencia y su no tan alejada época dorada" [What happened to… Miguel Ángel Angulo: Valencia and their not-so-distant golden age]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. García, Andrés (14 November 2020). "Gayà, leyenda viva del Valencia" [Gayà, Valencia living legend]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "El Valencia se pasea ante un pobre Maccabi" [Valencia stroll past a poor Maccabi]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 December 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. Agulló, Andrés (4 March 2004). "Angulo y Sánchez enfrían el infierno" [Angulo and Sánchez cool Hell down]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. Gil, Alfonso (31 August 2009). "Angulo, 12 años de éxitos y polivalencia" [Angulo, 12 years of successes and versatility]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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  10. Morenilla, Juan (10 December 2006). "Angulo encuentra la paz" [Angulo finds peace]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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  12. "Koeman ratifica el despido de Albelda, Cañizares y Angulo" [Koeman confirms Albelda, Cañizares and Angulo's axeing]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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  14. "Levante 1–5 Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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  19. "Ex Sporting: Angulo nuevo entrenador del Valencia Mestalla" [Ex Sporting: Angulo new manager of Valencia]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  20. Pardo, Pau (18 April 2022). "El Mestalla asciende a Segunda RFEF" [Mestalla go up to Segunda RFEF]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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  22. Burgos, Julián (7 August 2023). "Angulo renueva hasta 2025 como entrenador del Mestalla" [Angulo renews until 2025 as manager of Mestalla]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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  34. "FOTO INTERACTIVA: La medalla de plata más épica, en Sídney" [INTERACTIVE PHOTO: The most epic silver medal, in Sydney] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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