Juan Ángel Bustos Pizarro (born 16 January 1961), known as Ángel Bustos, is a Chilean former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.

Club career

Born in

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

, Chile, he represented the city team at national level and next he joined

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

while he studied to get a degree in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

. In Chile, he also played for

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

Huachipato Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. The club was founded 7 June 1947 and plays its home games at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 ...

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

Fernández Vial Fernández () is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando". The Germanic name that it derives from (Gothic: ''Frið-nanð'') means "brave traveler." The Portuguese version of this surname is Fernandes. The Arabized version is ''Ibn Faranda'' ...

and

Deportes Ovalle Club Deportes Ovalle is a Chilean football club who currently play in the fourth level of Chilean football, the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. The club's stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Ovalle. Their main rivals are Deportes La Se ...

, where he retired. In Mexico he played for

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...

, Venados Yucatán and

Pumas UNAM Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Fo ...

. He is a historical player of Morelia, where he played between 1987 and 1990 and scored 32 goals. As important facts, in his first season with the club he became the top goalscorer with 18 goals and also he scored the first goal in the

Estadio Morelos Estadio Morelos is a football stadium located along Periférico Independencia, in the Independencia sector, near the base of Cerro del Quinceo in northwest Morelia, Michoacán, México. It was the site of professional football teams, Monarcas M ...

versus América on 9 April 1989. In addition, he and his Chilean fellows

Marco Antonio Figueroa Marco Antonio Figueroa Montero (; born 21 February 1962) is a Chilean former footballer, currently manager for Nicaragua. He is commonly known as "El Fantasma" ( Spanish word: "The phantom"). Figueroa played as a striker and spent the major ...

and Juan Carlos Vera are well remembered as a prolific attacking trident. For Pumas UNAM, he made 10 appearances in the 1993–94 season and didn't score.

Personal life

Following his retirement, he worked as coach in the

youth system for 14 years from U6 to U19 level. Next, he has worked in a family transport company.

References

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at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Antofagasta Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders C.D. Antofagasta footballers Unión La Calera footballers Huachipato FC footballers Colo-Colo footballers Atlético Morelia players C.D. Cobreloa footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Venados F.C. players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Deportes Ovalle footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean football managers {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub