Ángel Cuéllar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cuéllar and the second or maternal family name is Llanos.

Ángel Manuel Cuéllar Llanos (born 13 September 1972) is a Spanish former footballer, currently a manager.

Ángel Cuéllar

Personal information
Full name	Ángel Manuel Cuéllar Llanos[1]
Date of birth	(1972-09-13) 13 September 1972 (age 52)[1]
Place of birth	Villafranca de los Barros, Spain[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Youth career
	Revilla
	Amistad
1982–1983	Híspalis
1983–1989	Betis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Betis B	43	(20)
1990–1995	Betis	130	(28)
1995–1997	Barcelona	20	(2)
1997–2001	Betis	54	(5)
2001–2002	Gimnàstic	21	(9)
2002–2003	Racing Ferrol	33	(12)
2003–2005	Levante	31	(3)
2005–2007	Lugo	62	(23)
2007–2008	Narón	22	(15)
Total		416	(117)
International career
1987–1989	Spain U16	26	(11)
1988–1990	Spain U18	7	(4)
1991	Spain U20	4	(0)
1991	Spain U23	1	(0)
1994–1995	Spain	2	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2015	Payosaco
2015–2017	Cerceda
2017	Jumilla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A left winger or a forward, his main assets were dribbling and scoring ability. He spent most of his professional career with Betis (nine years) and also had a brief unsuccessful spell with Barcelona, greatly marred by injury.

Over the course of eight La Liga seasons, Cuéllar amassed totals of 111 matches and 17 goals.

Playing career

Born in Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Cuéllar made his debut for Real Betis' first team aged 18, in a 1–0 La Liga away loss against CD Logroñés on 4 November 1990, with the Andalusia side finishing the season last. He became an undisputed starter while in the Segunda División and scored 14 league in 1994–95 as they shot straight from the second tier into a final third place (on 25 September 1994, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 home victory over Sporting de Gijón); during the campaign, he also appeared in two friendlies with the Spain national team.^[2]

Cuéllar signed a five-year deal with league powerhouse FC Barcelona in June 1995.^[3] After suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his first competitive appearance, a 2–0 win at Real Valladolid,^[4] he would feature sparingly throughout his two-year spell, as Barça won three trophies during 1996–97.^[2]

Returning to Betis in 1997 for 300 million pesetas, Cuéllar would be sacked by club president Manuel Ruiz de Lopera after the side were relegated at the end of the 1999–2000 season, under the allegations of "alarmingly low working performances".^[5] After two stints in division two, both ended in relegation, he moved to Levante UD of the same league, and was an important element in the Valencians' top-flight promotion,^[6] but would only appear seven times during the following campaign mainly due to injuries.^[7][8]

Subsequently, Cuéllar played three seasons in Tercera División, two with CD Lugo^[9] and his final with Narón BP. After 15 goals in 2007–08, best in the competition,^[10] he retired from professional football at almost 36.

Coaching career

In June 2015, Cuéllar was appointed manager of CCD Cerceda in the Spanish fourth tier.^[11] Two years later, he moved up one level to Segunda División B's FC Jumilla,^[12] being dismissed after failing to win a single match in eight.^[13]

Honours

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey: 1996–97
• Supercopa de España: 1996
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97

Levante

• Segunda División: 2003–04^[6]

Spain U16

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1988

References

1. "Ángel Manuel CUELLAR Llanos" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
2. Yo jugué en el Real Betis: Ángel Cuéllar (I played for Real Betis: Ángel Cuéllar); Vavel, 11 January 2013 (in Spanish)
3. Angel Cuéllar firma como azulgrana por cinco temporadas (Ángel Cuéllar signs as azulgrana for five seasons); El Mundo, 27 June 1995 (in Spanish)
4. Cuéllar será baja durante cinco meses (Cuéllar out of action for five months); El País, 5 September 1995 (in Spanish)
5. El Tribunal Constitucional ordena que se reabra el caso Cuéllar (The Constitutional Court orders Cuéllar case be re-opened); ABC, 17 December 2004 (in Spanish)
6. El Levante festejó el título con un homenaje al equipo que subió en 2004 (Levante celebrated title by honouring team that promoted in 2004); EFE, 11 June 2017 (in Spanish)
7. Cuéllar estará tres semanas de baja por una rotura fibrilar (Cuéllar to miss three weeks with fiber rupture); Diario AS, 14 September 2004 (in Spanish)
8. Villarreal de Pellegrini quiere sumar de visitante (Pellegrini's Villarreal want to add away from home); El Mercurio, 15 January 2005 (in Spanish)
9. Cuéllar: "No sé lo que daría por estar ahí" (Cuéllar: "I don't know what I would give to be there"); Marca, 24 June 2011 (in Spanish)
10. El Narón mira al ascenso con los tres pichichis de Tercera (Narón look to promotion with the three Tercera top scorers); La Voz de Galicia, 13 February 2008 (in Spanish)
11. Ángel Cuéllar será el nuevo entrenador del Cerceda (Ángel Cuéllar will be the new manager of Cerceda); La Voz de Galicia, 18 June 2015 (in Spanish)
12. Ángel Cuéllar dirigirá al Jumilla (Ángel Cuéllar will coach Jumilla); Marca, 6 July 2017 (in Spanish)
13. El Jumilla destituye a Ángel Cuéllar (Jumilla dismiss Ángel Cuéllar); La Opinión de Murcia, 10 October 2017 (in Spanish)

External links

• Ángel Cuéllar at BDFutbol
• Betisweb stats and bio (in Spanish)
• Racing de Ferrol profile (in Spanish)
• Ángel Cuéllar at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ángel Cuéllar – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ángel Cuéllar at EU-Football.info