Ángel Baena Pérez (born 13 October 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

Club career

Born in

Santa Coloma de Gramenet Santa Coloma de Gramenet (), informally simply known as Santa Coloma, and formerly as ''Gramenet de Besòs'' between 1936 and 1939, is a municipality in Barcelonès county, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the Catal ...

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, Baena joined

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

' youth setup in 2017, from

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. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 April of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring the equalizer in a 2–2

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

away draw against FC Jumilla. On 17 December 2019, after finishing his formation, Baena renewed with the ''Verdiblancos'' until 2022. He was a regular starter during that campaign onwards, helping in the B's promotion to the third division and subsequent qualification to the newly created

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. On 29 June 2022, Baena signed a three-year contract with

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side

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

. He made his professional debut on 15 August, starting in a 2–1 home loss against

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. Baena scored his first professional goal on 2 October 2022, netting his team's second in a 3–2 loss at UD Ibiza. On 17 July 2023, he moved to Polish second division side

on a two-year deal. He was named in the starting line-up for the 2023–24 Polish Cup final against

Pogoń Szczecin Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...

on 2 May 2024, eventually won by Wisła 2–1 after extra time.

Honours

Wisła Kraków *

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: 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baena, Angel 2000 births Living people Footballers from Santa Coloma de Gramenet Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players I liga players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers CD Lugo players Wisła Kraków players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen