 Ángel with FC Terek in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilker José Ángel Romero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-18)18 March 1993 (age 32)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Valera,Venezuela[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juventude | ||
| 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 | 17 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Venezuela U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | Venezuela | 46 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:26, 29 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:23, 9 September 2025 (AEST) | |||
Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is aVenezuelan professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forCampeonato Brasileiro Série A clubJuventude and theVenezuela national team.
Before he was 18, Angel won thePrimera División withTrujillanos FC in the 2010–2011 season,[1]
Angel moved toDeportivo 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 againstEstudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3–1, his third goal came againstZulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5–0.[1]
On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed forRussian Premier League sideAkhmat Grozny, then calledTerek Grozny.[4] On 17 May 2021, Akhmat Grozny announced that Ángel had left the club after 121 games for the club.[5]
On 8 September 2021, he signed a one-year contract with one-year option with the Turkish clubGöztepe.[6]
Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly againstBolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.
| 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 | ||
| 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]
| # | 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 |
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