Ángel Algobia Esteves (born 23 June 1999) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in Velilla de San Antonio,

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, Algobia joined

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

's youth setup in 2008, aged nine. He left in 2014 and joined Alcobendas CF, but returned to Rayo in the following year. Algobia made his senior debut with Rayo's reserves on 26 August 2018, starting in a 2–1

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home win over CD San Fernando de Henares. He scored his first goal as a senior on 21 October, netting the opener in a 3–3 away draw against CF San Agustín del Guadalix, and finished the campaign as an undisputed starter. Algobia left Rayo on 13 August 2020, and moved to

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

five days later, being assigned to the B-team in

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. He made his first team debut with the latter on 30 November 2021, starting in a 5–1 away routing of CFJ Mollerussa, for the season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. On 11 August 2022, after impressing manager Quique Sánchez Flores during the pre-season, Algobia signed a professional contract and was definitely promoted to the main squad in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

. He made his first team debut on 11 September, starting in a 2–1 home win over

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

. On 10 August 2023, Algobia signed a two-year contract with

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side

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

Honours

Levante *

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Algobia, Angel 1999 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Rayo Vallecano B players Getafe CF B players Getafe CF footballers Levante UD footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen