| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Luis Viña Berlanga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (age 38)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auckland City | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Rayo Majadahonda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Rayo Majadahonda | 67 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Auckland City | 32 | (3) |
| 2013 | Sporting Goa | 10 | (1) |
| 2013–2020 | Auckland City | 104 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Auckland City | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | West Coast Rangers (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2022 | |||
Ángel Luis Viña Berlanga (born 24 February 1987) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forAuckland City in theNew Zealand Football Championship.
After playing in his native Spain forRayo Majadahonda, Berlanga signed forAuckland City in 2010, joining newly appointed manager and compatriotRamon Tribulietx.[3] He made his debut for the club on 15 October 2010 againstWaikato at Fred Jones Park, in which Berlanga played the full 90 minutes as he helped his side to a 3–2 victory.[4] He then scored his first goal for Auckland City in theOFC Champions League on 3 December 2010 againstAS Tefana, when he scored in the 90th minute to help Auckland draw the match 1–1.[5] He scored his first league goal for his club on 10 December 2010 againstYoungHeart Manawatu in which he scored in the 23rd minute to help Auckland to a 3–1 victory.[6]
Then, after helping Auckland City win the2010–11 OFC Champions League, Berlanga made his debut in theFIFA Club World Cup in the2011 FIFA Club World Cup againstKashiwa Reysol of theJapaneseJ. League on 8 December 2011 in which he played the full 90 minutes but could not stop Auckland City getting knocked-out after losing 2–0.[7] Berlanga then scored his second league goal for Auckland City on 10 March 2012 againstOtago United in which he scored in the 48th minute to make the score 3–0 to Auckland before Otago got a goal back to end the game by a score of 3–1.[8] Berlanga then scored what would be his final goal for his club in the league on 7 April 2012 againstCanterbury United in which he scored the equalizer for Auckland City in the 42nd minute to tie the match at 1–1 and that is the score that remained after the game was finished.[9] Berlanga also finished his final full OFC Champions League season on 12 May 2012 against Tefana in which Berlanga played the full 90 minutes in both legs of the final to give Auckland City an aggregate victory of 3–1 and automatic qualification into the2012 FIFA Club World Cup.[10]
In January 2013 it was announced that Berlanga would sign withSporting Clube de Goa of theI-League inIndia and on 28 January 2013 he made his debut for the club in which he started, played the full 90 minutes, and scored his first goal for the club in the process in the 67th minute to help Sporting Goa beatSalgaocar by a score of 2–0.[11]
After the2012–13 I-League season concluded Berlanga re-signed forAuckland City FC right before the2013 FIFA Club World Cup.[12] He made his return debut for the club in the Club World Cup on 11 December 2013 againstRaja Casablanca. He started the match as Auckland City lost the match 2–1.[13] He then started for Auckland City in their league opener againstTeam Wellington as the club won 3–2.[14]
Berlanga starred in Auckland City's historic2014 FIFA Club World Cup campaign, in which the club finished third, netting the equaliser againstCopa Libertadores championsSan Lorenzo in the semifinal from a seemingly impossible angle; Auckland City eventually fell 2-1 in extra time.[15] Berlanga was absent for Auckland City's third-place playoff win overCruz Azul due to suspension.[16]
Berlanga then started for Auckland City in their championship winning match against Team Wellington on 15 March 2014. Auckland City won 1–0 as they won the ASB Premiership.[17] In the following years, Berlanga transitioned from afull-back to an importantcentre-back for the club, being appointedcaptain following the retirement of club legendIvan Vicelich.
On 16 January 2023, Berlanga retired.[18]
Statistics accurate as of 21 March 2014
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Auckland City | 2010–11 | Premiership | 14 | 1 | — | 7[a] | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | 13 | 2 | — | 7[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4 | ||
| Sporting Goa | 2012–13 | I-League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Auckland City | 2013–14 | Premiership | 11 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 1 | 3[b] | 1 | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 10 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 16 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 103 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 145 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 145 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 203 | 9 | ||