Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Criciúma and the Venezuela national team.
 Ángel with FC Terek in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilker José Ángel Romero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Valera, Venezuela[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Criciúma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Trujillanos | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | Deportivo Táchira | 148 | (18) |
| 2016–2021 | Akhmat Grozny | 105 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Göztepe | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | Aucas | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | Criciúma | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Venezuela U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | Venezuela | 35 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club areer edit
Trujillanos edit
Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010-2011 season,[1]
Deportivo Táchira edit
Angel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2-1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3-1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5-0.[1]
Terek Grozny edit
On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny, then called Terek Grozny.[4] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.[5]
Göztepe edit
On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish club Göztepe.[6]
International career edit
Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 16 May 2021[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo Táchira | 2010-11 | Liga Venezolana | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 2 | |
| 2011-12 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2012-13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 2013-14 | 32 | 6 | – | – | 32 | 6 | ||||||
| 2014-15 | 35 | 4 | – | – | 35 | 4 | ||||||
| 2015 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 22 | 3 | |||
| Total | 148 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 20 | ||
| Akhmat Grozny | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 117 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 253 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 28 | ||
International edit
| Venezuela national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 2 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 03 June 2021[7]
International goals edit
- As of match played 2 February 2016[7]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 November 2014 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia |  Bolivia |
1–0 |
2–3 |
Friendly | |
| 2. | 2 February 2016 | Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela |  Costa Rica |
1–0 |
1–0 |
Friendly |
Honors edit
National edit
Venezuela
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Wilker Ángel at Soccerway
- ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Player Stats - Wilker Angel - Deportivo Táchira". Olympics.stats.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Wilker Ángel at Russian Premier League
- ^ "Анхель Вилькер подписал контракт с Тереком". fc-terek.ru (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Анхель, Исмаэль, Мелкадзе и Алмаши покидают ФК "Ахмат"". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Wilker Jose Angel Romero Göztepe'mizde" (in Turkish). Göztepe. 8 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Wilker Ángel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Japan vs. Venezuela - 19 November 2019 - Soccerway".
- ^ "Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 [11/19] Top".
External links edit
- Goalface.com Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine