Miguel Ángel López Pérez (born 5 April 1983) former

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coach and the manager of

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club

Surkhon Termez Surkhon Termez ( uz, Сурхон Термиз футбол клуби, Surxon Termiz Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in the city of Termez. It was founded in 1968. History Domestic history Managers Players ...

Playing career

Born in

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, López represented

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, Roma and San Fernando Henares as a youth before retiring at the age of 18 to start his studies.

Coaching career

After retiring, he started working as a fitness coach at

CD Coslada Club Deportivo Coslada is a Spanish football team based in Coslada, in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1972, it plays in Preferente at Level 6 of the Spanish football pyramid, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal El Olivo'', ...

, subsequently having the same role at

Internacional de Madrid Internacional de Madrid, simply known as Internacional or Inter de Madrid, is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa de Odón, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 2002, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games ...

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and

Getafe CF B Getafe Club de Fútbol "B" is the reserve team of Getafe CF, club based in Getafe, Madrid metropolitan area, in the namesake community. Founded in 1983, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7 holding home games at '' Ciudad Deportiv ...

. In 2007, López was included in

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's squad in Getafe's

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, again as a fitness coach. López followed

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to Getafe,

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

and

Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai Al Shabab Al Arabi Club ( ar, نادي الشباب العربي دبي), or simply Al Shabab, was an Emirati professional Association football, football and basketball club based in Dubai, that competed in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The club w ...

, always as his assistant. In July 2017, he returned to Spain to work as

Javier Casquero Francisco Javier Casquero Paredes (born 11 March 1976) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played usually as a central midfielder. Over 11 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 322 matches and 43 goals, mainly with Getafe (six year ...

's assistant at

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

, but was appointed manager in November after Casquero's dismissal. López was sacked by ''Recre'' on 11 February 2018, and on 10 October, he took over the Equatorial Guinea national team manager role. On 28 September 2019, he resigned from the ''Nzalang''. On 27 December 2019, López was named at the helm of Ecuadorian club Delfín for the ensuing campaign. He was dismissed after three league matches. In September 2020 he became manager of Greek club

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. On 20 April 2021, he was released with a mutual agreement from Volos. In May 2021 he moved to

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. In January 2022 he became the manager of

club

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Perez, Angel 1983 births Living people Spanish football managers Getafe CF non-playing staff Segunda División B managers Recreativo de Huelva managers Guangzhou City F.C. non-playing staff Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai non-playing staff Equatorial Guinea national football team managers Delfín S.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Equatorial Guinea Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in China Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in Equatorial Guinea Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Volos FC managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate football managers in Greece Atromitos F.C. managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan Surkhon Termez managers