Angelo Andrés Espinosa Celis (born 1975), commonly referred to as Angelo Espinoza, is a Chilean former professional
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who played for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.
Career
Born in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
,
in his country of birth, Espinosa played for
Santiago Morning in the Primera B in 1997, making 24 appearances.
Abroad, he played in Indonesia for
PSMS Medan (2001),
Persib Bandung (2003–04),
and
Persiba Balikpapan
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan, commonly known as Persiba Balikpapan, is an professional football club based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The club plays in Liga 2, after relegation from Liga 1 in 2017 season.
The club ...
(2005).
In Persib Bandung, he coincided with his compatriots
Rodrigo Sanhueza
Rodrigo Alejandro Sanhueza Godoy (born 21 October 1977) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile and Indonesia. He also was a Chile international beach soccer player.
Club career
A prod ...
,
Alejandro Tobar
Alejandro Andrés Tobar Vargas (born 4 June 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a Attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile and Asia.
Career
A product of O'Higgins youth system in his hometown, Tobar stayed with the c ...
,
Claudio Lizama,
Julio Lopez and the coach
Juan Páez
Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda (born 13 February 1950) is a Chilean people, Chilean association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former footballer who played as a Defender (association football), centre-back.
Playing car ...
.
After football
Espinosa worked in the football academy of
Universidad Católica and studied at .
References
External links
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Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Santiago Morning footballers
PSMS Medan players
Persib Bandung players
Persiba Balikpapan players
Primera B de Chile players
Indonesian Premier Division players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
Men's association football midfielders
1975 births
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