José Ángel Esmorís Tasende (; born 4 January 1997), known by the diminutive Angeliño (), is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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club

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Club career

Early career

Angeliño was born in

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, Galicia. He joined

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's youth setup in 2007 at age 10, after starting it out at EF Luis Calvo Sanz (the youth setup of

Bergantiños FC Bergantiños Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Carballo, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1923, it plays in Segunda División RFEF - Group 1, playing home matches at '' Estadio As Eiroas'', ...

) in Carballo, Galicia. He spent six years in their youth system.

Manchester City

On 8 July 2012, Angeliño signed a four-year deal with

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, being effective in January of the following year. Initially assigned to the under-18s, he also appeared regularly with the reserves. On 30 January 2016, Angeliño made his debut for the first team in a 4–0 away win against

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, coming on in the 81st minute to replace

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in the

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. He played for the club twice in the 2016–17 season, making his Champions League debut on 24 August, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Steaua București. His next appearance came on 21 September, starting in a 2–1 win over Swansea City in the

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2015–2018: Loans in the U.S. and Europe

Angeliño signed for

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on loan in 2015. Angeliño made his professional debut for the club on 12 July 2015 in a 4–4 draw against

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. Angeliño came on for Kwame Watson-Siriboe in the 46th minute and played the entire second half of the match. He had his first interview for the club on 16 July 2015. He made his first start in a 1–0 defeat to

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, playing the full 90 minutes. It was announced on 27 December 2016 that Angeliño would be loaned to

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

from 1 January 2017 to the end of the season. On 31 January, it was announced that, having not made a single appearance for Girona, Angeliño would instead be loaned to

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. He made his debut on 5 February, in a substitute appearance in a 2–1 loss to

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

. On 4 July 2017, Angeliño was loaned to

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

for the forthcoming season. During his season, he won four Rookie of the Month awards while scoring three goals and delivering seven assists.

PSV Eindhoven

After his impressive debut season in the

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, Angeliño signed for

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on 15 June 2018, signing a five-year contract. By the season's end, he was voted into the Eredivisie Team of the Season and was named the Talent of the Season, after winning 189 duels and creating 68 chances.

Return to Manchester City

Manchester City re-signed Angeliño on 3 July 2019 after triggering a buy-back clause in his contract. Angeliño made his debut in the

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season on 21 September, coming on as a half-time substitute for Benjamin Mendy in an 8–0 routing of

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at the Etihad.

2019–2021: Loans to RB Leipzig

On 31 January 2020, having made 12 appearances for Manchester City, Angeliño was loaned to German

club

until the end of the season. He made 13 league appearances, scoring once and assisting three times. On 13 August, Angeliño provided the assist for the late winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final, helping the club reach their first ever Champions League semi-final. On 8 September 2020, Manchester City announced that Angeliño's loan to RB Leipzig would be extended for the duration of the 2020–21 campaign. On 20 October 2020, Angeliño scored a brace in a 2–0 win over İstanbul Başakşehir in the

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. In the final group stage match on 8 December, Angeliño scored his side's first goal in a 3–2 win over his parent club's bitter rivals

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to knock them out of the competition.

RB Leipzig

On 12 February 2021, Angeliño's loan to

was made permanent after he signed a four-year contract with the German club, for an undisclosed fee.

Loan to TSG Hoffenheim

On 8 August 2022,

TSG Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

announced signing Angeliño on a season-long loan deal.

Loan to Galatasaray

On 12 July 2023, it was announced by

that they were in negotiations with RB Leipzig for Angeliño. The next day, he joined the Turkish club on a season-long loan deal. A transfer fee of 6,000,000 euros was agreed to as a conditional purchase price should he sign on a permanent basis at the end of his loan.

Personal life

Angeliño's younger brother Dani Tasende is also a footballer and a left back. He played for Manchester City's youth team and currently plays for Spanish side Villarreal B.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Manchester City *

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RB Leipzig *

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: 2021–22 Individual * Manchester City EDS Player of the Year: 2014–15 *

Talent of the Month: September 2017, December 2017, February 2018, April 2018, September 2018 * Eredivisie Talent of the Year: 2018–19 * Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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Squad of the Season: 2019–20 *

Team of the Season:

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* ''

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'' Bundesliga Team of the Season:

References

External links

Manchester City profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelino 1997 births Living people People from Bergantiños Footballers from the Province of A Coruña Spanish men's footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Manchester City F.C. players New York City FC players Girona FC players RCD Mallorca players NAC Breda players PSV Eindhoven players RB Leipzig players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Major League Soccer players Segunda División players Eredivisie players Premier League players Bundesliga players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Galatasaray S.K. footballers Süper Lig players