Wilker Ángel

Wilker Angel
	Ángel with FC Terek in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Wilker José Ángel Romero
Date of birth	18 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Valera, Venezuela
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Criciúma
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Trujillanos
2011–2016	Deportivo Táchira
2016–2021	Akhmat Grozny
2021–2022	Göztepe
2023	Aucas
2024–	Criciúma
International career‡
2011	Venezuela U20
2014–	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:17, 19 November 2024 (AEST)

Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Criciúma and the Venezuela national team.

Club career

Trujillanos

Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010–2011 season,^[1]

Deportivo Táchira

Angel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2–1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3–1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5–0.^[1]

Terek Grozny

On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny, then called Terek Grozny.^[4] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.^[5]

Göztepe

On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish club Göztepe.^[6]

International career

Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,^[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 November 2024^[1]

Club	Season	League			State league		National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Deportivo Táchira	2010-11	Liga Venezolana	8	2	–		1	0	1^[a]	0	–		10	2
	2011-12		22	2	–		6	0	6^[a]	0	–		34	2
	2012-13		23	2	–		–		1^[b]	0	–		24	2
	2013-14		32	6	–		–		–		–		32	6
	2014-15		35	4	–		–		–		–		35	4
	2015		14	0	–		2	1	7^[a]	0	–		23	1
	2016		14	2	–		0	0	8^[a]	1	–		22	3
	Total		148	18	–		9	1	23	1	0	0	180	20
Akhmat Grozny	2016–17	Russian Premier League	26	1	–		2	0	–		–		28	1
	2017–18		26	3	–		1	0	–		–		27	3
	2018–19		18	1	–		1	0	–		–		19	1
	2019–20		19	1	–		3	1	–		–		22	2
	2020–21		16	1	–		5	0	–		–		21	1
	Total		105	7	–		12	1	–		–		117	8
Göztepe	2022–23	Süper Lig	15	0	–		2	0	–		–		17	0
Aucas	2023	Ecuadorian Serie A	11	0	–		0	0	4^[a]	0	–		15	0
Criciúma	2024	Série A	12	0	6	1	4	0	–		–		22	1
Career total			391	25	6	1	27	2	27	1	0	0	351	29

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of 19 November 2024

Venezuela national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	1	1
2015	1	0
2016	11	1
2017	4	0
2018	4	0
2019	2	0
2020	4	0
2021	1	0
2023	7	0
2024	6	0
Total	41	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 03 June 2021^[7]

International goals

As of match played 2 February 2016^[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	18 November 2014	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	1–0	2–3	Friendly
2.	2 February 2016	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela	Costa Rica	1–0	1–0	Friendly