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}} 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, 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 ''Ches 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;〔(Angulo in Arsenal U-turn ); BBC Sport, 31 August 2004〕 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.〔(Koeman ratifica el despido de Albelda, Cañizares y Angulo (Koeman confirms Albelda, Cañizares and Angulo's sacking) ); La Vanguardia, 20 December 2007 〕 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;〔(Valencia 3–0 Osasuna ); ESPN Soccernet, 27 April 2008〕 two weeks later he started his first post-reinstatement match, scoring in a 5–1 away routing of already relegated Levante UD.〔(Levante 1–5 Valencia ); ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008〕 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,〔(Miguel Angel Angulo terminates contract with Sporting Lisbon, hints at retirement ); Goal.com, 6 December 2009〕 which was confirmed the following week.〔(Angulo cuelga las botas (Angulo hangs boots) ); Super Deporte, 10 December 2009 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miguel Ángel Angulo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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