Ángel López Pérez (born 5 April 1983) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Greek Super League club Volos.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel López Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Volos (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Vicálvaro | |||
| Roma | |||
| San Fernando Henares | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Recreativo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 2020 | Delfín | ||
| 2020–2021 | Volos | ||
| 2021 | Atromitos | ||
| 2022 | Surkhon Termez | ||
| 2023 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
| 2023– | Volos | ||
Playing career
editBorn in Madrid, López represented Vicálvaro, Roma and San Fernando Henares as a youth before retiring at the age of 18 to start his studies.[1]
Managerial career
editAfter retiring, he started working as a fitness coach at Coslada, subsequently having the same role at Internacional de Madrid, San Fernando and Getafe B.[1]
In 2007, López was included in Michael Laudrup's squad in Getafe's first team, again as a fitness coach.[1]
López followed Cosmin Contra to Getafe, Guangzhou R&F and Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai, always as his assistant. In July 2017, he returned to Spain to work as Javier Casquero's assistant at Recreativo,[2] but was appointed manager in November after Casquero's dismissal.[3]
López was sacked by Recre on 11 February 2018,[4] and on 10 October, he took over the Equatorial Guinea national team manager role.[5] On 28 September 2019, he resigned from the Nzalang.[6]
On 27 December 2019, López was named at the helm of Ecuadorian club Delfín for the ensuing campaign.[7] He was dismissed after three league matches.[8]
In September 2020, he became manager of Greek club Volos.[9] On 20 April 2021, he was released with a mutual agreement from Volos.[10]
In May 2021, he moved to Atromitos.[11] He later managed Uzbekistan Super League club Surkhon Termez and Cypriot club Ethnikos Achna.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ángel López, el entrenador sin padrino que triunfa en Dubai" [Ángel López, the manager without a godfather who triumphs in Dubai] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Casquero: "Llevamos trabajando desde hace tiempo y el proyecto es ambicioso"" [Casquero: "We have been working for some time and the project is ambitious"] (in Spanish). Huelva 24. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Ángel López 'asciende' en el banquillo con la clara intención de que "se vea un Recre competitivo"" [Ángel López 'promotes' to the bench with the clear intention of "seeing a competitive Recre"] (in Spanish). Huelva Buenas Noticias. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Ángel López es destituido como técnico del primer equipo" [Ángel López is sacked as first team manager] (in Spanish). Recreativo Huelva. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Ángel López nuevo técnico del Nzalang Nacional" [Ángel López new manager of the national Nzalang] (in Spanish). Equatoguinean Football Federation. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea: Angel Lopez steps down as national coach". BBC Sport. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "El español Miguel Ángel López es el nuevo entrenador del Delfín SC" [The Spaniard Miguel Ángel López is the new manager of Delfín SC] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Ángel López: Supliqué por favor quedarme en Delfín". El Universo (in Spanish). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Ángel López, nuevo entrenador del Volos de la Superliga griega". Marca.com. 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Τέλος κι επίσημα από τον Βόλο ο Λόπεθ" [Lopez has officially "ended" from Volos]. www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "OFICIAL: Atromitos, Ángel López nuevo entrenador - TODOmercadoWEB.es". www.todomercadoweb.es.
- ^ "Spain - Ángel López - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ο Άνχελ Λόπεθ νέος προπονητής του Βόλου". 15 November 2023.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)
- Ángel López manager profile at BDFutbol
- Ángel López at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)