José Ángel Valdés

José Ángel Valdés Díaz (born 5 September 1989), known as José Ángel or Cote,[1] is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a left back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

José Ángel
José Ángel with Eibar in 2017
Personal information
Full name José Ángel Valdés Díaz
Date of birth (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Eibar
Number 15
Youth career
1994–1996 Roces
1996–1997 La Braña
1997–2008 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Sporting Gijón B 22 (0)
2009–2011 Sporting Gijón 52 (1)
2011–2014 Roma 27 (0)
2012–2014 → Real Sociedad (loan) 33 (1)
2014–2017 Porto 14 (0)
2016–2017 → Villarreal (loan) 7 (0)
2017– Eibar 93 (2)
National team
2009 Spain U20 10 (0)
2009–2011 Spain U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020

Club career

Sporting

Born in Gijón, Asturias, José Ángel was a product of hometown Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth system, Mareo. He made his first-team and La Liga debut on 8 February 2009, in a 1–3 away loss against FC Barcelona.[2] He went on to feature regularly for the duration of the season as the side narrowly avoided a drop, adding a goal in a 3–2 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña.[3]

In 2009–10, José Ángel again played 13 games for the first team as they retained once again their top-division status (15th position). In the following campaigns, he continued battling for position with another club youth graduate, Roberto Canella, with both players appearing in roughly the same number of matches.[4][5]

Roma

On 19 July 2011, Serie A club A.S. Roma reached an agreement with Sporting Gijón for the transfer of José Ángel, joining compatriot Luis Enrique who had just been appointed team manager.[6][7] The former paid €4.5 million for his services, plus bonuses.[8] He made his competitive debut on 11 September, being sent off in a 1–2 home loss against Cagliari Calcio.[9]

José Ángel spent the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons on loan to Real Sociedad,[10] mainly acting as backup to Alberto de la Bella during his spell.[11]

Porto

In July 2014, José Ángel joined FC Porto for free, with Roma being eligible to receive 50% of any future transfer fee.[12] He appeared in 28 competitive games during his two-year spell in Portugal, his Primeira Liga debut arriving on 31 August 2014 in a 3–0 home defeat of Moreirense FC (90 minutes played).[13]

José Ángel was loaned to Villarreal CF on 25 July 2016, for one year.[14]

Eibar

On 14 July 2017, José Ángel signed a three-year contract with SD Eibar as a free agent.[15]

International career

José Ángel earned four caps for the Spain under-21 team, his debut coming in 2009. He was selected by manager Luis Milla to the squad that appeared – and won – the 2011 UEFA European Championship in Denmark, being an unused member as RCD Espanyol's Dídac Vilà played all the matches and minutes.[16]

Honours

International

Spain U20

Spain U21

References
  1. La Selección golea con Cote (National team rout with Cote); El Comercio, 30 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. El Sporting aguanta el tipo pero no logra vencer (Sporting hold their own but do not win); El Comercio, 8 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. Sporting Gijon 3–2 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN Soccernet, 15 March 2009
  4. José Ángel y Canella, premiados con el 'Mets Bat' (José Ángel and Canella, awarded the 'Mets Bat'); Marca, 26 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. La gripe frena a Canella (Flu stops Canella); La Nueva España, 21 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. "José Ángel, traspasado a la Roma" [José Ángel, transferred to Roma] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  7. "Eight Spanish stars who've played for Roma". A.S. Roma. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. "Acquisizione a titolo definitivo dei diritti alle pretazioni sportive del calciatore Josè Angel Valdès Diaz" [Permanent acquisition of rights to sporting services of footballer Josè Angel Valdès Diaz] (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. "Pronti, via, ko: Roma-Cagliari 1–2 – Per Luis Enrique c'è ancora molto da fare" [On your marks, get set, ko: Roma-Cagliari 1–2 – Still lot to do for Luis Enrique] (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  10. "José Ángel vuelve cedido a la Real Sociedad" [José Ángel returns to Real Sociedad on loan] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  11. "José Angel y De la Bella, una lucha abierta" [José Angel and De la Bella, open battle] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  12. "Operazioni di mercato – José Angel Valdes Diaz" [Market operations – José Angel Valdes Diaz] (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  13. "Óliver e Jackson acordaram o Dragão" [Óliver and Jackson awoke the Dragon] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  14. Andrés Fernández y José Ángel jugarán en el Villarreal (Andrés Fernández and José Ángel will play at Villarreal) Archived 5 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Villarreal CF, 25 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  15. José Angel, nuevo jugador armero hasta junio de 2020 (José Ángel, new armero player until June 2020); SD Eibar, 14 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  16. "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  17. ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0) Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Pescara 2009, 4 July 2009
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