Sergio "Checho" Angulo (born 14 September 1960) is a Colombian football manager and former player, who played as a

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for the

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and for

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. He has also played for

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América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

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, Deportivo Independiente Popayán,

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, and Deportivo Unicosta. He is currently the manager of

's women's team.

Club career

His football debut was on 19 April 1979. He retired in 1998.

International career

With the

, he participated in the

1979 South American U-20 Championship The South American Youth Championship 1979 was held in Montevideo and Paysandú, Uruguay. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams The following teams entered the tournament: * * * * * * * * * ...

. Angulo did not score any goals in his nine appearances for the Colombian national team between 1987 and 1991. He participated in the

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and

1989 Copa América The Copa América 1989 football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 1 to 16 July. All ten CONMEBOL member nations participated. Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1–0 in the final match at the ...

s for Colombia. He was the top scorer of the

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in 1988 with 29 goals.

Personal life

His son is the soccer player Mario Sergio Angulo.

Coaching

He has coached mainly youth teams of

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and

, where he served as assistant coach of Iván Arroyo, Diego Umaña, Óscar Quintabani and

Pedro Sarmiento Pedro Enrique Sarmiento Solís (born 26 October 1956) is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. Playing career Club Born in Medellín, Sarmiento played for Atlético ...

. On 19 October 2017, he was appointed as caretaker manager of

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* 1960 births Living people People from Ibagué Sportspeople from Tolima Department Colombian men's footballers 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players Deportivo Cali footballers Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers América de Cali footballers Deportivo Pereira footballers Universitario Popayán footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Categoría Primera A players Men's association football forwards Liga Panameña de Fútbol managers Colombian football managers Deportivo Cali managers Cortuluá managers Tauro F.C. managers San Francisco F.C. managers Colombia men's international footballers {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub