Wilker Ángel

Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Venezuela national team and Aucas.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ángel and the second or maternal family name is Romero.
Wilker Angel
Ángel with FC Terek in 2017
Personal information
Full name Wilker José Ángel Romero[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Valera, Venezuela[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 S.D. Aucas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Trujillanos 13 (0)
2011–2016 Deportivo Táchira 148 (18)
2016–2021 Akhmat Grozny 105 (7)
2021–2022 Göztepe 15 (0)
2023— Aucas 5 (0)
International career‡
2011 Venezuela U-20 4 (0)
2014– Venezuela 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:43, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Career

Trujillanos FC

Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010-2011 season,[1]

Deportivo Táchira

Angel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2-1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3-1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5-0.[1]

Terek Grozny

On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny, then called Terek Grozny.[4] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.[5]

Göztepe

On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish club Göztepe.[6]

International

Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 May 2021[1]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Táchira 2010-11 Liga Venezolana 821010–102
2011-12 2226060–342
2012-13 23210–242
2013-14 326––326
2014-15 354––354
2015 1402170–231
2016 1420081–223
Total 14818912310018020
Akhmat Grozny 2016–17 Russian Premier League 26120––281
2017–18 26310––273
2018–19 18110––191
2019–20 19131––222
2020–21 16150––211
Total 1057121----1178
Career total 253252122310029728

International
Venezuela national team
YearAppsGoals
201411
201510
2016111
201740
201840
201920
202040
202110
Total282

Statistics accurate as of match played 03 June 2021[7]

International goals
As of match played 2 February 2016[7]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.18 November 2014Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia
1–0
2–3
Friendly
2.2 February 2016Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela Costa Rica
1–0
1–0
Friendly

Honors

National

Venezuela

References
  1. Wilker Ángel at Soccerway
  2. "STATS Hosted Solution | Player Stats - Wilker Angel - Deportivo Táchira". Olympics.stats.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  3. Wilker Ángel at Russian Premier League
  4. "Анхель Вилькер подписал контракт с Тереком". fc-terek.ru (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. "Анхель, Исмаэль, Мелкадзе и Алмаши покидают ФК "Ахмат"". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. "Wilker Jose Angel Romero Göztepe'mizde" (in Turkish). Göztepe. 8 September 2021.
  7. "Wilker Ángel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. "Japan vs. Venezuela - 19 November 2019 - Soccerway".
  9. "Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 [11/19] Top".
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