Ángel López (football manager)
Spanish football coach (born 1983)
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Ángel López Pérez (born 5 April 1983) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Cypriot club Nea Salamis.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ángel López Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nea Salamis (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Vicálvaro | |||
| Roma | |||
| San Fernando Henares | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Recreativo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 2020 | Delfín | ||
| 2020–2021 | Volos | ||
| 2021 | Atromitos | ||
| 2022 | Surkhon Termez | ||
| 2023 | Ethnikos Achna | ||
| 2023–2024 | Volos | ||
| 2024 | Al Ahli Club (Manama) | ||
| 2025– | Nea Salamis | ||
Playing career
Born in Madrid, López represented Vicálvaro, Roma and San Fernando Henares as a youth before retiring at the age of 18 to start his studies.[1]
Managerial career
After retiring, he started working as a fitness coach at Coslada, subsequently having the same role at Internacional de Madrid, San Fernando and Getafe B.[1]
In 2007, López was included in Michael Laudrup's squad in Getafe's first team, again as a fitness coach.[1]
López followed Cosmin Contra to Getafe, Guangzhou R&F and Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai, always as his assistant. In July 2017, he returned to Spain to work as Javier Casquero's assistant at Recreativo,[2] but was appointed manager in November after Casquero's dismissal.[3]
López was sacked by Recre on 11 February 2018,[4] and on 10 October, he took over the Equatorial Guinea national team manager role.[5] On 28 September 2019, he resigned from the Nzalang.[6]
On 27 December 2019, López was named at the helm of Ecuadorian club Delfín for the ensuing campaign.[7] He was dismissed after three league matches.[8]
In September 2020, he became manager of Greek club Volos.[9] On 20 April 2021, he was released with a mutual agreement from Volos.[10]
In May 2021, he moved to Atromitos.[11] He later managed Uzbekistan Super League club Surkhon Termez and Cypriot club Ethnikos Achna.[12]
In November 2023, he returned to Volos.[13] He was sacked on 21 February 2024 and signed for Al Ahli Club (Manama) in the Bahraini Premier League in July 2024.[14]
In June 2025, he was offered the job at Nea Salamis in the Cypriot Second Division.[15] In February 2026, after only 21 rounds (19 wins and 2 draws), Nea Salamis were promoted to Cypriot First Division.[16]