Jesús Alberto Angulo Uriarte (born 30 January 1998) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the

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Club career

Santos Laguna

Angulo would receive his first appearance with

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on 16 September 2018 in a league match against

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, coming in for

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at the 61st minute, where Santos lost 2–1.

International career

Youth

Angulo was called up by

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to participate with the under-22 team at the

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, where Mexico won third place at the tournament. Angulo participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, where Mexico won the competition. He was subsequently called up to participate in the

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. Angulo won the

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with the Olympic team.

Senior

Angulo was called up by the interim

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manager

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for September friendlies against

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and the

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. He would earn his first

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in the match against Uruguay where Mexico lost 4–1. In October 2022, Angulo was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man

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by manager

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for the

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, but did not make the final 26.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Santos Laguna *

: Clausura 2018 Atlas *

: Apertura 2021 Tigres UANL *

: Clausura 2023 *

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Mexico U23 * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

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Individual *

All-Star:

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1998 births Living people Footballers from Culiacán Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders Santos Laguna footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Liga MX players Liga Premier de México players Tercera División de México players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Mexico Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Mexico-footy-defender-stub