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

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who plays as a

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for Emelec.

Club career

Independiente del Valle

Angulo was born in

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, Esmeraldas, and joined

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's youth setup in 2011, after starting it out at

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. 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 L.D.U. Loja. 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

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; he finished the campaign with an impressive rate of 11 goals in only 14 appearances.

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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Honours

Barcelona *

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Independiente del Valle *Serie A:

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LDU Quito *Serie A:

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at as.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Angulo, Jose Enrique 1995 births Living people People from San Lorenzo, Ecuador Footballers from Esmeraldas Province Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Independiente del Valle footballers Granada CF footballers Club Tijuana footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Manta F.C. footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Delfín S.C. footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers C.S. Emelec footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players La Liga players Liga MX players Argentine Primera División players Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Ecuadorian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in association football C.S. Norte América footballers Copa Sudamericana–winning players