Ángel Herrero (footballer, born 1942)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Herrero Morales | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Zamora, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 12 January 2014 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Plus Ultra | ||
| 1962–1963 | Langreo | 27 | (7) |
| 1963–1964 | Racing Santander | 6 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Ceuta | 0 | (0) |
| 1965–1967 | Rayo Vallecano | 51 | (2) |
| 1967–1973 | Sporting Gijón | 118 | (2) |
| Total | 202 | (11) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ángel Herrero Morales (1 March 1942 – 12 January 2014) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
Born in Zamora, Castile and León, Herrero finished his formation with Real Madrid. He played professionally for UP Langreo, Racing de Santander, CA Ceuta, Rayo Vallecano and Sporting de Gijón in a 12-year senior career, competing mainly in Segunda División.
With Asturias' Sporting, Herrero spent three years in La Liga, sharing teams with namesake José Manuel García (born 1950) and thus being known as Herrero I. He started playing as a defensive midfielder but spent his later career as a left back, retiring in 1973 at the age of 31.[1][2]
Honours
Later life and death
After retiring Herrero settled in Gijón, with his wife and daughters. He died on 12 January 2014 at the age of 71, from pulmonary edema.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Fallece Herrero I, jugador del Sporting en los años 60 y 70" [Herrero I, Sporting player in the 60s and 70s, dies] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ "Herrero I, un futbolista que hacía mejor al equipo" [Herrero I, a footballer that bettered the team] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.