Ángel López Pérez (born 5 April 1983) is a Spanish professional

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and former player who is the manager of

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

club

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

Playing career

Born in

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, López represented

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, Roma and San Fernando Henares as a youth before retiring at the age of 18 to start his studies.

Managerial career

After retiring, he started working as a fitness coach at

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, subsequently having the same role at Internacional de Madrid,

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and Getafe B. In 2007, López was included in

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's squad in Getafe's

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, again as a fitness coach. López followed

Cosmin Contra Cosmin Marius Contra (; born 15 December 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Primarily an attacking-minded right-back, he was also deployed as a midfielder. He played professionally in three countries his own notwithstanding ...

to Getafe,

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ' ...

and

Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (), or simply Al Shabab, was an Emirati professional Association football, football and basketball club based in Dubai, that competed in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The club was founded in 1958. In 2017, the club merged w ...

, always as his assistant. In July 2017, he returned to Spain to work as Javier Casquero's assistant at Recreativo, but was appointed manager in November after Casquero's dismissal. López was sacked by ''Recre'' on 11 February 2018, and on 10 October, he took over the Equatorial Guinea national team manager role. On 28 September 2019, he resigned from the ''Nzalang''. On 27 December 2019, López was named at the helm of Ecuadorian club Delfín for the ensuing campaign. He was dismissed after three league matches. In September 2020, he became manager of Greek club

. On 20 April 2021, he was released with a mutual agreement from Volos. In May 2021, he moved to

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou Atromitos Yeroskipou () was a Cy ...

. He later managed

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Electronics, Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional association football, football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the U ...

club

Surkhon Termez Surkhon Termiz (''Surxon Termiz Futbol Klubi'') is an Uzbek professional football club based in the city of Termez. It was founded in 1968. Bakhtiyor Fazilov is the club owner. History Domestic history Managers Players ...

and Cypriot club

Ethnikos Achna Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional Association football, football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the ...

. In November 2023, he returned to

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Angel 1983 births Living people Spanish football managers Getafe CF non-playing staff Segunda División B managers Recreativo de Huelva managers Guangzhou City F.C. non-playing staff Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai) non-playing staff Equatorial Guinea national football team managers Delfín S.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Equatorial Guinea Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in China Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in Equatorial Guinea Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Volos F.C. managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate football managers in Greece Atromitos F.C. managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan FC Surkhon managers Ethnikos Achna FC managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Cyprus