Alberto Angulo
Francisco Alberto Angulo Espinosa ( born June 19, 1970 in Zaragoza ) is a Spanish basketball coach, functionary and former player.
Career
Alberto Angulo began his career in the youth of CB Zaragoza. At the club of his birthplace shooting guard on September 30, 1989 in a league match against CB OAR Ferrol his pro debut. In that season his club won the Spanish Cup. For the season 1990/91 the 20 -year-old Angulo joined the second division CajaBadajoz. After another year in the first division Baloncesto León, with whom he surprisingly reached third place in the regular season of the Spanish league and play-off for the title in the quarterfinals failed to CB Estudiantes, Angulo returned to CB Zaragoza.
The Aragonese he reached in 1992/93 the semi-finals of the European Cup, but failed there with his crew to eventual winners Aris Thessaloniki. In the season 1994/95 CB Zaragoza came to the Spanish Cup, where the team was defeated Taugrés with 80:88 to in the final.
In the summer of 1996, the professional team of his club disbanded due to financial difficulties and Alberto Angulo under then wrote for the Spanish giants Real Madrid. The Brussels residents he has already won an international title in his first season, in the final of the Euro Cup 1996/97, the " Royal " with 78:64 sat against Scaligera Basket Verona by. Another success came to him with his team in the season 1999/2000. Real Madrid continued in the final of the Spanish Cup with a surprise 3-2 win over arch-rivals FC Barcelona by Alberto Angulo, who brought it in the five games in the series at an average of 15.6 points, was elected MVP.
In summer 2002, Alberto Angulo moved within the league ACB CE Lleida Bàsquet, where he spent three seasons before leaving for Basket Zaragoza 2002, signed in 2005. In his native city he ended his active career in 2007.
National
Alberto Angulo celebrated on June 3, 1993 in a friendly against Russia his debut for the Spanish national team. He was both at the European Championships in 1995 and 1997 in the final squad of the Iberians. Also in the 1998 World Cup he was in the squad and finished the tournament with his team in fifth place. His biggest success Alberto Angulo at the European Championships in 1999, where the Spaniards failed with 56:64 until the endgame to Italy and picked up silver. His last appearance in the ranks of the national team, he was finally at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where, however, the Iberians were only able to prove a disappointing ninth place. Overall, it brought Alberto Angulo with Spain on 98 games.
Coaches and officials
After his playing career Alberto Angulo joined the club's management of Basket Zaragoza 2002, where he worked as sports director and coach of the farm team Baloncesto El Olivar. In January 2009 he took the post of the head coach of basketball Zaragoza, but the descent of his team in the second division could not prevent.
In the summer of 2009 he moved to Real Madrid, where he works as director of the youth department.
Achievements and honors
Real Madrid
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1996/97
- Spanish Champion: 1999/2000
CB Zaragoza
- Spanish Cup winner: 1990
National
- Eurobasket 1999: Silver
Honors
- MVP of the finals series of the ACB league: 2000
- Winner of the three-point contest of the ACB league: 2000
Trivia
Alberto Angulo's three years younger brother Lucio was also a professional basketball player. Both played both 1994-1996 at CB Zaragoza and from 1999 to 2002 in Real Madrid on the same team.