José Enrique Angulo Caicedo (born 3 February 1995) is an Ecuadorian

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who plays as a

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for Ecuadorian club Delfín.

Club career

Independiente del Valle

Angulo was born in

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, Esmeraldas, and joined

Independiente del Valle Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Founded in 1958, the club pla ...

's youth setup in 2011, after starting it out at CS Norte América. On 4 September 2015 he made his professional debut, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 2–3 away loss against

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. Angulo scored his first goals as a professional on 2 October 2015, netting a brace in a 3–1 win at CD River Ecuador. On 6 November, he scored a

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in a 4–1 home routing of Mushuc Runa SC; he finished

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with an impressive rate of 11 goals in only 14 appearances. Angulo was an starter during the club's

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run, scoring six goals in sixteen appearances as his side finished runner-up.

Granada

On 10 August 2016, Angulo signed a five-year contract with

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side

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. On 25 August 2016, just 15 days after signing for the club, he was suspended after testing positive for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angulo, Jose Enrique 1995 births Living people People from San Lorenzo, Ecuador Ecuadorian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Independiente del Valle footballers Granada CF footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ecuadorian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in association football C.S. Norte América footballers Copa Sudamericana-winning players