About José Ángel (footballer, born September 1989)
José Ángel Valdés Díaz (born 5 September 1989), known as José Ángel or Cote, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He started and finished his 17-year career with Sporting de Gijón. He achieved La Liga totals of 222 games and five goals over 11 seasons with that club, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Eibar and Osasuna, and also spent two years in the Portuguese Primeira Liga with Porto and one in the Italian Serie A with Roma. José Ángel won the 2011 European Under-21 Championship with Spain. == Club career == === Sporting Gijón === Born in Gijón, Asturias, José Ángel was a product of hometown Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth system, Mareo. He made his first-team and La Liga debut on 8 February 2009, in a 3–1 away loss against FC Barcelona. He went on to feature regularly for the duration of the season as the side narrowly avoided a drop, adding a goal in a 3–2 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña. In 2009–10, José Ángel again played 13 games for the first team as they retained once again their top-division status (15th position). In the following campaigns, he continued battling for position with another club youth graduate, Roberto Canella, with both players appearing in roughly the same number of matches. === Roma === On 19 July 2011, Serie A club AS Roma reached an agreement with Sporting Gijón for the transfer of José Ángel, joining compatriot Luis Enrique who had just been appointed team manager; the former paid €4.5 million for his services, plus bonuses.
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