Francisco Alberto Angulo Espinosa (born 19 June 1970) is a Spanish retired

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player. He played as a

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. Born in

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, Angulo played mainly with local side

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and

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. Also, he amassed a total of 98 caps for

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. With the national team, he won the silver medal in the Eurobasket-99 in

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and with

he won the Spanish league once, in 2000. He played for Spain at the

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. After retiring, he worked as a coach. His younger brother Lucio was also a professional basketball player.

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External links

ACB.com profile
1970 births Living people Baloncesto León players Basket Zaragoza players Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics CB Zaragoza players Liga ACB players Olympic basketball players of Spain Real Madrid Baloncesto players Shooting guards Spanish men's basketball players 1998 FIBA World Championship players {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub