Ángelo Sagal

Ángelo Sagal
Sagal with Chile at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Ángelo Nicolás Sagal Tapia[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993
Place of birth Talca, Chile
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 A.E. Kifisia
Number 28
Youth career
Unión Independencia
2008–2012 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Rangers 27 (0)
2013–2017 Huachipato 82 (16)
2017–2020 Pachuca 61 (11)
2019–2020 → Juárez (loan) 24 (3)
2020–2021 Denizlispor 35 (1)
2021–2023 Gaziantep 45 (5)
2023 → Ferencváros (loan) 7 (0)
2023–2025 Apollon Limassol 44 (9)
2025–2026 AEL 28 (6)
2026– A.E. Kifisia 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2019 Chile 18 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Runner-upFIFA Confederations Cup2017
WinnerChina Cup2017
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 July 2019

Ángelo Nicolás Sagal Tapia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaɲɟʝelo saˈɣal]; born 18 April 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club A.E. Kifisia.

Career

Early career

Born in Talca, Chile, Sagal started playing football for club Unión Independiencia in his neighborhood. After a trial with Colo-Colo, he joined the Rangers de Talca youth ranks.[3]

Ferencváros

On 5 May 2023, he won the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Ferencváros, after Kecskemét lost 1–0 to Honvéd at the Bozsik Aréna on the 30th matchday.[4][5]

Apollon Limassol

After playing for Ferencváros and ending his contract with the Turkish club Gaziantep,[6] he joined Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.[7]

AEL

On 11 August 2025, Sagal signed with Greek club AEL on a deal for a season.[8][9]

Kifisia

On 25 July 2026, Sagal signed with Kifisia.[10]

International career

He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015 and made his international debut in the match.[11] At 2017 China Cup, he scored his first international match goal, which made La Roja win the cup.

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[12]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 January 2017Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China Iceland1–01–02017 China Cup
2.2 June 2017Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Burkina Faso3–03–0International Friendly

Personal life

His younger brother, Bastián,[13] is a footballer who was with the Mexican clubs Tlaxcala and Pachuca before joining Ñublense in 2022.[14]

Sagal is the cousin of the former professional footballer Nino Rojas and the nephew of Bernardino "Loco Nino" Rojas, father of Nino, a well-known footballer in his city of birth, Talca.[15]

Honours

Huachipato

Pachuca

Chile

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ángelo Sagal". Gaziantep F.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Lizama, Gonzalo (20 July 2025). "Ángelo Sagal reconoce que añora volver a Chile y recuerda su paso por Colo Colo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. ↑ nemzetisport.hu (5 May 2023). "NB I: a Ferencváros megszerezte 34. bajnoki címét - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Summary - NB I - Hungary - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Echagüe, Patricio (5 July 2023). "Ángelo Sagal avisa al fútbol chileno que está libre: "Estoy dispuesto a escuchar ofertas"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  7. ↑ @apollonfc; (9 August 2023). "𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 🟦⬜🔥". Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via Instagram.
  8. ↑ "Η ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ ανακοινώνει τον διεθνή Χιλιανό Άνχελο Σαγάλ". www.aelfc.gr (in Greek). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (11 August 2025). "Es chileno, lo quiso Colo Colo y hoy asumirá un nuevo desafío en Europa". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  10. ↑ @kifisiafc; (25 July 2026). "Η ΠΑΕ Κηφισιά ανακοινώνει την έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Ángelo Nicolás Sagal Tapia, ο οποίος αγωνίζεται ως επιθετικός" (in Greek). Retrieved 26 July 2026 – via Instagram.
  11. ↑ "Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli names home-based squad for USA friendly". ca2015.com. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sagal, Ángel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Bastián Sagal". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Ñublense anunció el fichaje del joven delantero Bastián Sagal". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Figuras del folclor amateur: "Loco Nino" Rojas". Pasión Deportiva (in Spanish). 818. Talca, Chile: issuu.com: 8. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Huachipato vs. Deportes Iquique". Soccerway. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2017". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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