Ángel Pindado
 Pindado in training with Las Palmas (2009) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Ávila, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Águilas | ||
| 1998–2001 | Granada | 31 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Atlético Madrid B | 36 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Getafe | 32 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Albacete | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Las Palmas | 90 | (0) |
| 2012 | Nea Salamis | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Ávila | ||
| 2014 | Kastrioti | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Levski Sofia (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado (born 24 April 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He appeared in 92 Segunda División games during six seasons, mainly at the service of Las Palmas. He also played professionally in Belgium and Albania, in a 17-year career.
Football career
Pindado was born in Ávila, Castile and León. During his early career he represented Águilas CF, Granada CF, Atlético Madrid B, Getafe CF, Albacete Balompié and UD Las Palmas, also having an unassuming abroad spell with Belgium's Royal Antwerp FC in the 2003–04 season.
On 29 May 2005, in the closing round of the top division campaign, Pindado played his only game in La Liga, as Albacete was already doomed, a 0–1 away loss against Racing de Santander.[1] With Las Palmas he was the undisputed starter as the Canary Islands club was in the third level, but played less in division two.
After only four matches in 2010–11, 35-year-old Pindado was released by Las Palmas. He then joined Nea Salamis Famagusta FC of Cyprus, in the 2012 winter transfer window.
In January 2014, after nearly two years with his hometown side, Pindado was appointed as a player–goalkeeping coach at KS Kastrioti, becoming the first Spanish in both capacities to compete in the Albanian Superliga. He retired in June, immediately joining countryman Pepe Murcia's coaching staff at PFC Levski Sofia.[2]
References
- ↑ "El Racing viste de farolillo al Albacete" [Racing dresses Albacete with last place] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Вратар от Албания ще е помощник на Пепе Мурсия" [Goalkeeper from Albania will be assistant to Pepe Murcia] (in Bulgarian). Novsport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
External links
- Ángel Pindado profile at BDFutbol
- Ángel Pindado profile at Soccerway