Ángel Pindado
Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado (born 24 April 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and now the goalkeeping coach of ISL club ATK.
 Pindado in training with Las Palmas (2009) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Ávila, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | ATK (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Águilas | ||
| 1998–2001 | Granada | 31 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Atlético Madrid B | 36 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Getafe | 32 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Albacete | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Las Palmas | 90 | (0) |
| 2012 | Nea Salamis | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Ávila | ||
| 2014 | Kastrioti | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 207 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Kastrioti (Player& Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2014 | Levski Sofia (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ubon UMT United(Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Pune City (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2019– | ATK (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He appeared in 92 Segunda División matches over six seasons, mainly at the service of Las Palmas. He also competed professionally in Belgium, Cyprus and Albania, in a 17-year career.
Club career
Pindado was born in Ávila, Castile and León. During his early career he represented Águilas CF, Granada CF, Atlético Madrid B,[1] Getafe CF, Albacete Balompié and UD Las Palmas, also having an unassuming abroad spell with Belgium's Royal Antwerp FC in the 2003–04 season.
On 29 May 2005, in the closing round of the top-division campaign, Pindado played his only game in La Liga, as Albacete were already doomed, a 0–1 away loss against Racing de Santander.[2] With Las Palmas he was the undisputed starter as the Canary Islands club was in the third level, but played less in division two.
After only four matches in 2010–11, the 35-year-old Pindado was released by Las Palmas. He then joined Nea Salamis Famagusta FC of Cyprus, in the 2012 winter transfer window.
Coaching career
In January 2014, after nearly two years with his hometown side, Pindado was appointed as a player–goalkeeping coach at KS Kastrioti, becoming the first Spanish in both capacities to compete in the Albanian Superliga. He retired in June, immediately joining compatriot José Murcia's coaching staff at PFC Levski Sofia.[3] After coaching experiences in europe he appointed as the goalkeeping coach of thailand club Ubon UMT United in 2015 under Scott Cooper.[4] He stayed there for 2015/2016 season. After the thailand job he joined as Goalkeeping coach of indian super league club Pune City under fellow country man former valencia coach Antonio López Habas in 2016 to 2017. Then habas and club partways due to problems with club he also leftthe club. In 2019 season habas return to his former club ATK in Indian Super League he also return to the club [5][6].
References
- "Pindado y Jesús, presentados oficialmente" [Pindado and Jesús, officially presented]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 July 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "El Racing viste de farolillo al Albacete" [Racing dress Albacete with last place]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 29 May 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "Вратар от Албания ще е помощник на Пепе Мурсия" [Goalkeeper from Albania will be assistant to Pepe Murcia] (in Bulgarian). Novsport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- Yepes, Sergio (2015-08-12). "Pindado se va a entrenar porteros a la Primera División de Tailandia". Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- "ATK | Managements". atkfc.in. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- "ISL: Habas, Schattorie handed two-match suspensions". OnManorama. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
External links
- Ángel Pindado at BDFutbol
- Ángel Pindado at Soccerway