Angel Rangel

Club

_Free Agent Soccer

Position

Defender

Nationality

Spain

Date of birth

1982-10-28

Birthplace

Sant Carles, Spain

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

83.45

Àngel Rangel Zaragoza born 28 November 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back.
After playing lower league football in his country, he has gone on to spend most of his professional career with Swansea City, winning promotion to the Premier League in 2011.

Born in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Catalonia, Rangel represented CD Tortosa, CF Reus Deportiu, Girona FC, UE Sant Andreu and Terrassa FC in his homeland, never in higher than Segunda División B. In summer 2007, he signed for Swansea City in the English League One on a one-year performance-related deal, for an undisclosed fee – countryman Roberto Martínez was the team's manager.

In his first season with Swansea, Rangel played a massive role as the Welsh returned to the Championship after a 24-year absence, as league champions. On 27 November 2007, he scored his first goal as a Swan, netting eight minutes from time in a 1–0 home win against Hartlepool United; only two weeks later, again at the Liberty Stadium, he netted in a 3–0 success over Southend United; in April 2008, he was one of five team players to make the PFA League One Team of the Year, alongside Ferrie Bodde, Garry Monk, Andy Robinson and the league's top scorer Jason Scotland.

On 5 September 2008, Rangel signed a new contract until June 2010. He continued to feature prominently in the following years and, in mid-February 2010, agreed to an extension until June 2011.

2010–11 was a successful one for both Swansea and Rangel, as the former were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history following a 4–2 victory over Reading in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. In spite of missing several weeks at the start of the campaign with a thigh muscle tear, he contributed to the feat with two goals from 41 appearances, scoring against Doncaster Rovers (1–1, away) and Millwall (1–1); in late June 2011, he put pen to paper to a new three-year deal.

In November 2011, Rangel was voted best defender in the Premier League. He played 34 games during the season, helping the team retain their league status.

Rangel scored his first goal in the English top flight on 25 August 2012, in a 3–0 home win against West Ham United. On 8 March 2013, he signed a new contract with Swansea, keeping him at the club until 2016.

On 19 April 2015, one month after again extending his link, now until 2017, Rangel was selected in the The Football Manager Team of the Decade at the Football League Awards.

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