José Ángel (footballer, born September 1989)

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 Sporting Gijón in 2022
Personal information
Full name José Ángel Valdés Díaz[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989[2]
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position Left-back
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)
2017–2021 Eibar 107 (2)
2021–2022 Osasuna 23 (1)
2022–2025 Sporting Gijón 97 (5)
Total 382 (10)
International career
2009 Spain U20 10 (0)
2009–2011 Spain U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ángel Valdés Díaz (born 5 September 1989), known as José Ángel or Cote,[3] is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

He started and finished his 17-year career with Sporting de Gijón. He achieved La Liga totals of 222 games and five goals over 11 seasons with that club, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Eibar and Osasuna, and also spent two years in the Portuguese Primeira Liga with Porto and one in the Italian Serie A with Roma.[4]

José Ángel won the 2011 European Under-21 Championship with Spain.

Club career

Sporting Gijón

Born in Gijón, Asturias, José Ángel was a product of hometown Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth system, Mareo.[5] He made his first-team and La Liga debut on 8 February 2009, in a 3–1 away loss against FC Barcelona.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9]

Roma

On 19 July 2011, Serie A club AS Roma reached an agreement with Sporting Gijón for the transfer of José Ángel, joining compatriot Luis Enrique who had just been appointed team manager;[10][11] the former paid €4.5 million for his services, plus bonuses.[12] He made his competitive debut on 11 September, being sent off in a 1–2 home loss against Cagliari Calcio.[13]

José Ángel spent the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons on loan to Real Sociedad,[14] mainly acting as backup to Alberto de la Bella during his spell.[15]

Porto

In July 2014, José Ángel joined FC Porto for free, with Roma being eligible to receive 50% of any future transfer fee.[16] He appeared in 29 competitive games during his two-year spell in Portugal,[17] his Primeira Liga debut arriving on 31 August 2014 in a 3–0 home defeat of Moreirense FC (90 minutes played).[18]

José Ángel was loaned to Villarreal CF on 25 July 2016, for one year.[19]

Later career

On 14 July 2017, José Ángel signed a three-year contract with SD Eibar as a free agent.[20] On 5 July 2021, after suffering relegation, he joined CA Osasuna on a two-year deal.[21]

José Ángel returned to his first club Sporting in July 2022, on a two-year contract.[22] On 5 March 2025, the 35-year-old announced his retirement at the end of the season.[23]

International career

José Ángel earned four caps for the Spain under-21 team, his debut coming on 27 March 2009.[24] 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.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 May 2022[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Gijón B 2008–09 Segunda División B 22 0 — — — 1[a] 0 23 0
Sporting Gijón 2008–09 La Liga 13 1 4 0 — — — 17 1
2009–10 La Liga 13 0 2 0 — — — 15 0
2010–11 La Liga 26 0 1 0 — — — 27 0
Total 52 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 1
Roma 2011–12 Serie A 27 0 2 0 — 2[b] 0 — 31 0
Real Sociedad (loan) 2012–13 La Liga 11 0 2 0 — — — 13 0
2013–14 La Liga 22 1 7 0 — 1[c] 0 — 30 1
Total 33 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 1
Porto 2014–15 Primeira Liga 7 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 — 13 0
2015–16 Primeira Liga 7 0 4 0 3 0 2[b] 0 — 16 0
Total 14 0 5 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 29 0
Villarreal (loan) 2016–17 La Liga 7 0 3 0 — 8[d] 0 — 18 0
Eibar 2017–18 La Liga 30 0 1 0 — — — 31 0
2018–19 La Liga 35 1 1 0 — — — 36 1
2019–20 La Liga 28 1 0 0 — — — 28 1
2020–21 La Liga 14 0 0 0 — — — 14 0
Total 107 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 2
Osasuna 2021–22 La Liga 23 1 2 0 — — — 25 1
Career total 285 5 30 0 8 0 13 0 1 0 337 5
  1. ^ Appearance in Segunda División B relegation playoffs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Spain U20

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "José Ángel". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ "La Selección golea con Cote" [National team rout with Cote]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 30 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. ^ González, David (23 November 2023). "Cote: "El ascenso con el Sporting sería mi título en el fútbol"" [Cote: "To promote with Sporting would be my title in football"] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  5. ^ "La carrera de Cote en el Sporting, en imágenes: de José Ángel, a explotar en 52 partidos" [Cote's career at Sporting, in pictures: from José Ángel, to exploding in 52 games]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  6. ^ "El Sporting aguanta el tipo pero no logra vencer" [Sporting hold their own but do not win]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 8 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Sporting Gijon 3–2 Deportivo La Coruña". ESPN Soccernet. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  8. ^ "José Ángel y Canella, premiados con el 'Mets Bat'" [José Ángel and Canella, awarded the 'Mets Bat']. Marca (in Spanish). 26 March 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ^ Rivera, Víctor (21 November 2009). "La gripe frena a Canella" [Flu stops Canella]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Eight Spanish stars who've played for Roma". A.S. Roma. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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 a lot to do for Luis Enrique]. Il Messaggero (in Italian). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Encinas, Mikel (29 July 2013). "José Angel y De la Bella, una lucha abierta" [José Angel and De la Bella, open battle]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "VÍDEO: ex-FC Porto José Ángel chora no anúncio do adeus ao futebol" [VIDEO: former FC Porto man José Ángel cries in announcement of goodbye to football] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Óliver e Jackson acordaram o Dragão" [Óliver and Jackson awoke the Dragon] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Andrés Fernández y José Ángel jugarán en el Villarreal" [Andrés Fernández and José Ángel will play at Villarreal] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  20. ^ "José Angel, nuevo jugador armero hasta junio de 2020" [José Ángel, new armero player until June 2020] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Cote, nuevo jugador de Osasuna" [Cote, new player of Osasuna] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  22. ^ "José Ángel 'Cote', nuevo fichaje para la temporada 2022/23" [José Ángel 'Cote', new signing for the 2022/23 season] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  23. ^ Vigil Morán, Alejandro; Souto, Dani (5 March 2025). "Oficial: Cote anuncia su retirada como futbolista cuando acabe la temporada del Sporting" [Official: Cote announces his retirement as a footballer once Sporting's season is over]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  24. ^ ""A los cinco minutos ya estaba metido en el partido"" ["I was already into the match five minutes after it started"]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  25. ^ a b Gustems, Pol (25 June 2011). "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  26. ^ José Ángel at Soccerway
  27. ^ "ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0)" (PDF). Pescara 2009. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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