Nilson David Angulo Ramírez (born 19 June 2003) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

In June 2022, Angulo joined

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side

on a five-year deal.

International career

In October 2021, Angulo made his senior international debut for

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, playing in a 3–2 friendly win over

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. During the friendlies of the 2022 September window he played in matches against Saudi Arabia and Japan. On May 9, 2023, Nilson Angulo was called up to play at the U20 Fifa World Cup which will take place in Argentina.

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Honours

LDU Quito *

Supercopa Ecuador The Supercopa Ecuador (''Ecuador Supercup'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Ecuador organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to be played by the champions of the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Copa Ecuador of the ...

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 ...

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* * * 2003 births Living people Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Footballers from Quito L.D.U. Quito footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Ecuador men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht players Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Challenger Pro League players RSCA Futures players Men's association football forwards {{Ecuador-footy-forward-stub