Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer.
 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) |
|
* 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
editTrujillanos
editBefore he was 18, Ángel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010–2011 season,[1]
Deportivo Táchira
editÁngel 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
editOn 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
editInternational career
editÁngel 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
editClub
edit- 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 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
International
edit- 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
edit- 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 | |
Honors
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wilker Ángel at Soccerway
- ↑ "STATS Hosted Solution | Player Stats - Wilker Angel - Deportivo Táchira". Olympics.stats.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ Wilker Ángel at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
- ↑ "Анхель Вилькер подписал контракт с Тереком". fc-terek.ru (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Анхель, Исмаэль, Мелкадзе и Алмаши покидают ФК "Ахмат"". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ "Wilker Jose Angel Romero Göztepe'mizde" (in Turkish). Göztepe. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- 1 2 "Wilker Ángel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ "Japan vs. Venezuela – 19 November 2019". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 [11/19] Top".
External links
edit- Wilker Ángel at Soccerway
- Wilker Ángel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Wilker Ángel at WorldFootball.net
- Wilker Ángel at Goalface.com. Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine.
