Ángel Luis Rodríguez Díaz (born 26 April 1987), known simply as Ángel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda Federación club Fuenlabrada.
Club career Tenerife Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ángel emerged through the youth ranks of local CD Tenerife, scoring seven Segunda División goals in his first full professional season. He split 2007–08 on loan to Segunda División B teams Real Madrid Castilla and CA Osasuna B.¿Quién es Ángel Rodríguez, futurible del Barcelona? Trayectoria, goles y palmarés (Who is Ángel Rodríguez, linked with Barcelona? Career, goals and honours); Goal, 5 February 2020 (in Spanish)
Ángel returned to the Canary Islands for 2008–09, being an important attacking element as the club returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence.Once años del último ascenso a Primera División (Eleventh anniversary of last promotion to Primera División); Vavel, 13 June 2020 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the competition on 29 August 2009, in a 1–0 away loss against Real Zaragoza (ten minutes played).; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2009 He contributed one goal; ESPN Soccernet, 29 November 2009 in 24 games – all as a substitute – during the campaign, in an eventual relegation.
Elche, Levante and Eibar In the summer of 2010, Ángel returned to the second division as he signed with Elche CF.Ángel ficha por el Elche (Ángel signs for Elche); El Diario Montañés, 7 July 2010 (in Spanish) On 23 April 2011, he scored all of his side's goals in a 3–0 home win over SD Huesca,El Elche, con un gran Ángel, se asienta en la zona noble (Elche, with great Ángel, consolidate in top half of table); Diario AS, 23 April 2011 (in Spanish) totalling 29 during his spell at the Estadio Martínez Valero,Duelo goleador: Ángel vs Nino (Scoring duel: Ángel vs Nino); Las Provincias, 28 October 2010 (in Spanish)Ángel, el goleador paciente (Ángel, the patient goal scorer); El País, 6 May 2011 (in Spanish) including once in the unsuccessful promotion playoffs against Real Valladolid.La fe mueve montañas y se lleva por delante al Valladolid (Faith can move a mountain and steamrolls Valladolid); Marca, 12 June 2011 (in Spanish)
Ángel joined top-flight team Levante UD on 15 June 2012, agreeing to a 2+1 deal.El Levante refuerza su ataque con Ángel (Levante bolster attack with Ángel); Marca, 15 June 2012 (in Spanish) He scored twice in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in the first half of the seasonLevante through after delivering Helsingborg KO; UEFA, 22 November 2012Hannover finish ahead of last-gasp Levante; UEFA, 6 December 2012 but, after seeing playing opportunities limited, returned to former side Elche in January 2013 on loan.El retorno soñado del goleador (The scorer's dream return); La Verdad, 26 February 2013 (in Spanish)
Levante did not renew his contract after the end of the 2013–14 campaign and on 9 July, Ángel moved to newly promoted SD Eibar on a one-year deal, with an option to extend for a further year.Ángel Rodríguez nuevo fichaje armero (Ángel Rodríguez, new armero signing); SD Eibar, 9 July 2014 (in Spanish)
Zaragoza On 13 July 2015, Ángel signed a two-year deal for Zaragoza of the second tier.Ángel Rodríguez refuerza el ataque del Real Zaragoza (Ángel Rodríguez bolsters Real Zaragoza's attack); Real Zaragoza, 13 July 2015 (in Spanish) In 2016–17, he scored a career-best 21 goals.De Ángel a demonio (From Angel to demon) ; Cadena SER, 8 June 2017 (in Spanish)
On 7 June 2017, the club announced that they had ceased all negotiations regarding a possible contract renewal after Ángel said that he would rather lose against his former team Tenerife in the last match of the season.El Real Zaragoza da por concluidas las negociaciones para la renovación de Ángel (Real Zaragoza conclude Ángel renewal negotiations); Real Zaragoza, 7 June 2017 (in Spanish)
Getafe Ángel joined Getafe CF on 6 July 2017, until 2020.Ángel, nuevo azulón (Ángel, new azulón); Getafe CF, 6 July 2017 (in Spanish) He scored 13 times in his first year, helping them finish eighth in the top tier.Ángel: "Estoy en el momento más dulce de mi carrera" (Ángel: "I'm in the sweetest moment of my career"); Marca, 18 August 2018 (in Spanish)
Mallorca On 2 July 2021, free agent Ángel signed a two-year contract with RCD Mallorca, newly promoted to the top division. He was mainly a reserve during his tenure, totalling 11 goals in all competitions.
Tenerife return On 23 June 2023, Ángel returned to his first club Tenerife on a two-year contract. He scored ten times in the first season of his second spell.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTenerife2005–06Segunda División17200——1722006–07Segunda División29711——3082008–09Segunda División33620——3562009–10La Liga24120——261Total1031651000010817Real Madrid B (loan)2007–08Segunda División B30———30Osasuna B (loan)2007–08Segunda División B174——20194Elche2010–11Segunda División271500—4131162011–12Segunda División391320——4113Total66282000417229Levante2012–13La Liga1014062—2032013–14La Liga10250——152Total203906200355Elche (loan)2012–13Segunda División15400——154Eibar2014–15La Liga15020——170Zaragoza2015–16Segunda División351111——36122016–17Segunda División392100——3921Total74321100007533Getafe2017–18La Liga331310——34132018–19La Liga37855——42132019–20La Liga32102183—42142020–21La Liga33521——356Total13536107830015346Mallorca2021–22La Liga29444——338Career total477127331314561530146
Honours Elche Segunda División: 2012–13El Elche, campeón de Segunda (Elche, Segunda champions); Marca, 26 May 2013 (in Spanish)
Individual Segunda División Player of the Month: August 2016 Copa del Rey top scorer: 2018–19 (5 goals)¿Qué fue de los pichichis de las diez últimas Copas del Rey? (What happened to the pichichis of the last ten King's Cups?); Diario AS, 27 January 2020 (in Spanish)
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