Marco Antonio Angulo Solórzano (8 May 2002 – 11 November 2024) was an Ecuadorian professional

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who played as a

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. He last played at

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A), or as Liga Pro Ecuabet for sponsorship re ...

club

L.D.U. Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club (association football), football club based in Quito. They play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. Th ...

on loan from

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club

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and the Ecuador national team.

Club career

Angulo began his career with Rocafuerte, before joining

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 plays ...

in 2017. He made 24 appearances and scored three goals for Independiente Juniors in 2020 and 2021, before joining the club's senior team in October 2021. Across all competitions, Angulo went on to make 45 appearances and score three goals in 2021 and 2022 for Independiente del Valle, winning the U-20 Copa Libertadores in 2020, the

Serie A de Ecuador The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A), or as Liga Pro Ecuabet for sponsorship re ...

in 2021, and the

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and the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

in 2022. On 21 December 2022, it was announced that on 1 January 2023, Angulo would join

side

until 2025 in a reported $3 million deal. Angulo made his debut as a 92nd-minute substitute for

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against Orlando City on 4 March 2023. On 21 March 2024, Angulo was loaned by Cincinnati to L.D.U Quito through 31 December with an option to buy.

International career

In November 2022, Angulo was called up to the Ecuador national team. He made his debut on 12 November 2022, appearing as a substitute during a 0–0 draw with

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Personal life and death

On 28 November 2022, Angulo was involved in a traffic accident in

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that led to the death of the driver of the vehicle he was a passenger in. On 7 October 2024, Angulo was involved in a fatal single-car accident southeast of

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

with four others, in which the driver and one of the other occupants, Roberto Cabezas, a player for Independiente Juniors and a close friend of Angulo, were killed. Angulo suffered serious head injuries and a lung contusion. On 11 November, Angulo succumbed to his injuries after being placed into an

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and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honors

Independiente del Valle Youth *

U-20 Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Under-20 Libertadores ( Portuguese and Spanish: CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20) is the international association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL leagues. It was created by Manuel Burga Seoane and the Peruvian ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Independiente del Valle *

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

FC Cincinnati *

Supporters' Shield The Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system. The Supporters' Shield has been annually awarded at the MLS Supporters' Summit since 199 ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

L.D.U. Quito *

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(posthumously)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angulo, Marco 2002 births 2024 deaths Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Footballers from Esmeraldas, Ecuador Men's association football midfielders Ecuador men's international footballers Ecuador men's under-20 international footballers Ecuador men's youth international footballers Copa Sudamericana–winning players Ecuadorian Serie A players Ecuadorian Serie B players Major League Soccer players Independiente del Valle footballers FC Cincinnati players L.D.U. Quito footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Road incident deaths in Ecuador