Juan Pablo Ángel

Atlético Nacional and River Plate

Ángel started playing professional football at Atlético Nacional in his home city of Medellín. Ángel began to make a name for himself when he scored the winning goal against local rival Independiente Medellín to help Nacional capture the 1994 Colombian title. During his time with his hometown club Ángel would appear in 147 league matches scoring 45 goals. Ángel was sold to River Plate in Argentina in January 1998 as a replacement of the departed Hernán Crespo. River Plate spectators would often adorn angel wings to show their appreciation. During his time with the club, Ángel managed 62 goals in 132 games, including 16 goals in 25 Copa Libertadores matches.

Aston Villa

The 25-year-old signed for Premier League side Aston Villa on 12 January 2001, becoming the club's record signing at £9.5 million. Angel made his debut away to Manchester United in a 2–0 loss on 20 January 2001. In his time at Villa, he was reportedly Villa's highest earner. After an indifferent start to his Aston Villa career, and family difficulties, Ángel settled down and started to reproduce the form that had persuaded chairman Doug Ellis to spend the large transfer fee. He quickly became a fans favourite and is the 3rd most recent Villa player to have scored more than 20 goals in one season (behind Christian Benteke in the 2012–13 season and Tammy Abraham in the 2018–19 season), finishing as the club's top scorer in the 2003–04 season with 16 goals in…

Ángel was a full international for Colombia, and made 33 appearances from his debut in 1996, scoring 9 goals. He was first called up to represent Colombia in 1995, and he debuted as a second-half substitute during a 2–1 friendly win against Honduras on 1 November 1996; Ángel also scored his first goal for Colombia during this match, which was the winning goal. He would then continue to represent Colombia during qualification for the 1998, 2002, and 2006 editions of the FIFA World Cup, in which he scored eight goals. His last appearance for Colombia came on 11 October 2005 during a 1–0 win against Paraguay during 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Club

International

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ángel goal.

Atlético Nacional

Categoría Primera A: 1994, 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I Copa Interamericana: 1995 Copa Colombia: 2013 Club Atlético River Plate

Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1999, Clausura 2000 Aston Villa

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001 New York Red Bulls

MLS Western Conference (Playoffs): 2008 Individual

MLS Player of the Month: May 2007, June 2007, October 2008 MLS Best XI: 2007