Wilker Ángel
Venezuelan footballer (born 1993)
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Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer.
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Ángel with FC Terek in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilker José Ángel Romero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Valera, Venezuela[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Trujillanos | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | Deportivo Táchira | 148 | (18) |
| 2016–2021 | Akhmat Grozny | 105 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Göztepe | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | Aucas | 11 | (0) |
| 2024 | Criciúma | 19 | (1) |
| 2025 | Juventude | 18 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Venezuela U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | Venezuela | 46 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:23, 9 September 2025 (AEST) | |||
Club career
Trujillanos
Before he was 18, Ángel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010–2011 season,[1]
Deportivo Táchira
Ángel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2–1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3–1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5–0.[1]
Terek Grozny
On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Akhmat Grozny, then called Terek Grozny.[4] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.[5]
Göztepe
On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish club Göztepe.[6]
International career
Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 August 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | State league | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo Táchira | 2010-11 | Liga Venezolana | 8 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2011-12 | 22 | 2 | – | 6 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 23 | 2 | – | – | 1[b] | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 2013-14 | 32 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 6 | ||||||
| 2014-15 | 35 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 4 | ||||||
| 2015 | 14 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 7[a] | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 14 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | – | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 148 | 18 | – | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 20 | |||
| Akhmat Grozny | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 2 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 1 | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 105 | 7 | – | 12 | 1 | – | – | 117 | 8 | |||||
| Göztepe | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 15 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Aucas | 2023 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 11 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Criciúma | 2024 | Série A | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||
| Juventude | 2025 | Série A | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 405 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 30 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
International
- As of 9 September 2025
| Venezuela national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 46 | 2 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 03 June 2021[7]
International goals
- As of match played 2 February 2016[7]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 November 2014 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia |  Bolivia | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 2 February 2016 | Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela |  Costa Rica | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
