Angeling Villareal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Angeling Villarreal y Santa Coloma | ||
| Place of birth | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines | ||
| Place of death | Philippines | ||
| Position(s) | Defender and Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1927 | Bohemian | ||
| 1930 | Turba Salvaje | ||
| International career | |||
| 1925–1930 | Philippines | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1930 | University of the Philippines | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Angeling Villareal[i] (born Angeling Villarreal y Santa Coloma) or simply shortened to Angel Villareal was a Filipino international footballer and coach. He was a Defender (as a full-back) and also played as a left inside forward. He played, at club level, for Bohemian SC and for Turba Salvaje. At international level he represented the Philippine Island Football Team at the Far Eastern Championship Games. He retired while young to become a manager and coached the University of the Philippines football team.[1]
Sporting career
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Angeling, the youngest of the Villareal brothers, along with Jose, joined Alberto and Fernando'side Bohemian Sporting Club in the 1920s. He was a utility player who could have played on the attack as a left-in and by comparison to his brothers, who played mostly in the midfield and on the front, he could have also played in the defense as a full-back. Thanks to his versatility, Angel, as well as the other Villareals, was called up by the Philippine Island Football Team to represent the nation in the 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. It was his last participation in the tournament and the team, after defeating Japan by 4 goals to nil, could not repeat the feat in the crucial game against China, leaving the team with a silver medal.[2] Fernando and Peping remained at Bohemian and alongside them Angel was able to win the Philippine National Championship in 1927.[3] Angeling then moved from Bohemian to play for Turba Salvaje and was once again selected to represent the national team in the 1930 Far East Games in Tokyo, where they finished third.[4] After returning to Manila, he ended his playing career to become a manager and coached the U. P. football team, formerly a team that also Alberto coached.[1]
Early life
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Angeling was the youngest child of Carlos Ramon Fernando Villarreal y Moras and Doña Carmen Santa Coloma y Navarro. His sisters were Ines Villarreal y Santa Coloma, born in 1899, and Salud Villarreal y Santa Coloma, born in 1901, while his brothers were Alberto, Fernando, Jose and Carlos. During and after football, Angeling was employed in a banking concern.[1]
His nephews Alberto "Albert" Villareal y Garcia, Jose "Joey" Villareal, Rafael "Raffy" Villareal, Juan "Juancho" Villareal y Garcia (Jose's sons) and Fernando "Tito" Villareal Jr. (Fernando's son) all played in the 1950s and 1960s and formed a second generation of Villareal brothers in Philippine football.[5][6]
Honors
[edit]Bohemian S.C.
[edit]- United States Philippines Championship: 1927
Philippine national football team
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Philipinized version of the Spanish surname
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The Sports Review; Friedlander, A., eds. (April 18, 1931). "The Brother Act" (PDF). The SPORTS REVIEW. 1 (2). C.Ronquillo's Collection/University of the Philippines Diliman Library March 2, 1964. J.J. de Guzman: 16.
- ^ "Seventh Far Eastern Games 1925 (Manila)". www.rsssf.org.
- ^ Schöggl, Hans. "Philippines – List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Ninth Far Eastern Games 1930 (Tokyo)". www.rsssf.org.
- ^ "Alberto Garcia Villareal, 83, '58 Asian Captain - The Philippine Football Federation". July 7, 2017.
- ^ "Lobregat Football Immortal". Sports World. p. 16 Great moments in Philippine sports.