Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ángelo Smit Preciado Quiñónez [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 February 1998||
Place of birth | Shushufindi, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sparta Prague | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | América de Quito | ||
2015–2018 | Independiente del Valle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018 | Alianza Cotopaxi | 0 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Independiente del Valle | 65 | (6) |
2021–2023 | Genk | 59 | (0) |
2023– | Sparta Prague | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Ecuador U20 | 3 | (0) |
2018– | Ecuador | 36 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:13, 7 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 |
Ángelo Smit Preciado Quiñónez (born 18 February 1998) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Ecuador national team. [2]
Born in Shushufindi, Sucumbíos, Preciado joined Independiente del Valle's youth setup in 2015, from América de Quito. [3] In February 2018, during the semifinals of the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores, he went viral after using the corner flag to defend himself from a fight with the River Plate Montevideo players. [4]
Promoted to the first team after playing a short period in the reserve team, Alianza Cotopaxi, Preciado made his senior – and Serie A – debut on 9 July 2018, starting in a 3–1 away loss against Aucas. He soon became a regular starter, and scored his first goals on 25 August by netting a brace in a 4–2 home defeat of El Nacional. [5]
On 28 December 2020, Belgian Pro League club Genk announced the signing of Preciado on a two-and-a-half year contract, with an option for a further two years, [6] for a reported fee of €3 million. [7] He made his debut for the Belgian club on 16 January 2021, starting in a 2–0 away loss at Royal Excel Mouscron. [8]
On 4 September 2023, Czech First League club Sparta Prague announced the signing of Preciado on a long-term contract (the specific duration was undisclosed), [9] for a reported fee of €2.5 million, which could increase to €3 million with add-ons. [10]
On 15 February 2024, Preciado scored his first goal in the UEFA Europa League against Galatasaray. [11]
On 4 May 2017, Preciado was called up to Ecuador under-20s for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup, [12] On 30 August of the following year, he was called up to the full side by manager Hernán Darío Gómez, for two friendlies against Jamaica and Guatemala. [13]
Preciado made his full international debut on 12 October 2018, replacing Independiente teammate Stiven Plaza in a 4–3 loss against Qatar at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Alianza Cotopaxi | 2018 [15] | Segunda Categoría | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 [a] | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||
Independiente del Valle | 2018 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 20 | 1 | — | 8 [b] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
2020 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 21 | 3 | — | 7 [c] | 1 | 2 [d] | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
Total | 65 | 6 | — | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 7 | |||
Genk | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 [e] | 0 | 1 [f] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 59 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
Sparta Prague | 2023–24 | Czech First League | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 [e] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
Career total | 133 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 186 | 12 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ecuador | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 0 | |
2022 | 10 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 |
Independiente del Valle
Genk