Ángel Herrero (footballer, born 1942)

Ángel Herrero
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Herrero Morales
Date of birth	1 March 1942
Place of birth	Zamora, Spain
Date of death	12 January 2014 (aged 71)
Place of death	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1956–1961	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1961–1962	Plus Ultra
1962–1963	Langreo
1963–1964	Racing Santander
1964–1965	Ceuta
1965–1967	Rayo Vallecano
1967–1973	Sporting Gijón
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel Herrero Morales (1 March 1942 – 12 January 2014) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Zamora, Castile and León, Herrero finished his formation with Real Madrid.^[1] He played professionally for UP Langreo, Racing de Santander, CA Ceuta, Rayo Vallecano and Sporting de Gijón in a 12-year senior career, competing mainly in Segunda División.

With Asturias' Sporting, Herrero spent three years in La Liga, sharing teams with namesake José Manuel García Herrero and thus being known as Herrero I. He started playing as a defensive midfielder but spent his later career as a left back, retiring in 1973 at the age of 31.^[2]^[3]

After retiring, Herrero settled in Gijón with his wife and daughters. He died on 12 January 2014 at the age of 71, from pulmonary edema.^[2]

Sporting Gijón

^ "El primer rojiblanco de la cantera 'merengue'" [The first red-and-white of the 'merengue' youth system]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 17 August 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Braña, Mario D. (13 January 2014). "Fallece Herrero I, jugador del Sporting en los años 60 y 70" [Herrero I, Sporting player in the 60s and 70s, dies]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b Puente, Julio (14 January 2014). "Herrero I, un futbolista que hacía mejor al equipo" [Herrero I, a footballer that bettered the team]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2014.