Ángel Pérez García (16 October 1957 – 16 October 2019) was a Spanish

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defender and

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Playing career

Born in

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, García joined

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

's youth setup in 1973 at the age of 16, after impressing in a trial. He played his first professional match on 3 September 1978, appearing with the reserves in a 1–2 away loss against AD Almería in the

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. García was promoted to the first team in April 1980, and made his

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debut on the 5th by replacing injured Goyo Benito in a 1–0 home victory over

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. After appearing in only ten league matches during the following campaign, he was loaned to second level club

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

. García subsequently returned to Real Madrid in the summer of 1982, and was sold to

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

also of the second division. After achieving promotion in his second season, he returned to Murcia in 1985, going on to alternate between the top flight and the second tier during his spell. García left the

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in 1991, and joined lower league side CD Roldán. He retired in 1992, aged 34.

Coaching career

In 2004, García was appointed youth coordinator at

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

, becoming manager of the reserves the following season. After two years as an instructor of Real Madrid's coaches in

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, he joined

Sangonera Atlético CF Sangonera Atlético Club de Fútbol was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sangonera la Verde (a neighborhood of Murcia), in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 1996, it was dissolved in 2010, and held home matches at ' ...

as head coach in June 2009. On 3 December 2009, García was named CF Atlético Ciudad manager. He was sacked in February. On 12 February 2011, García was appointed at

Ittihad El Shorta Ittihad El Shorta (), also known as Police Union, or simply El Shorta, is an Egyptian football club based in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The club was founded in 1980 and competes in Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the Egypti ...

. He was relieved of his duties the following year, and joined

New Radiant SC New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions bein ...

in the

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on 27 November 2013. On 7 May 2014, García moved to

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

. On 18 March 2015, he was dismissed by the Polish club.

Death

García died on 16 October 2019 – the day of his 62nd birthday – in

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, due to

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