Miguel Ángel Angulo /

Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey (born 23 June 1977 in Oviedo, Asturias) is a retired Spanish 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. Angulo began his football career with local Sporting de Gijón, in 1994–95, joining Valencia CF the following season, aged 18. After spending some time with the club's reserves, he would be loaned in 1996–97 to second level 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 league conquest in 2002 and 2004 (netting six goals in 48 contests 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