# Angeling Villareal

Angeling Villareal (born Angeling Villarreal y Santa Coloma) or simply shortened to Angel Villareal was a Filipino international footballer and coach. He was a Defender (as a full-back) and played as well as a forward (as a left in). He played, at club level, for Bohemian SC and later on for Turba Salvaje while at international level he represented the Philippine Island Football Team at the Far Eastern Championship Games. Retired while still young, he became a manager and coached the University of the Philippines football team.

## Sporting career

Angeling, the youngest of the Villareal brothers, along with Jose, joined Alberto and Fernando'side Bohemian Sporting Club in the 1920s. Throughout his time as a footballer he was a utility player who could've played on the attack as a left-in and in comparison to his brothers, who played mostly in the midfield and on the front, he could've also been fielded in the defense as a full-back. Thanks to his versatility Angel, as well as the other Villareals, was able to be called up by the Philippine Island Football Team to represent the Nation in the 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. It was also the last participation of Alberto in the tournament and the team, after defeating convincingly Japan by 4 goals to none, could not repeat the feat in the crucial game against China and, at the end, it resulted in a silver medal for Angeling and the Filipinos. Fernando and Peping remained at Bohemian and alongside them Angel was able to win the Philippine National Championship in 1927. Following that Angeling moved from Bohemian to play for Turba Salvaje and was once again selected to represent the National Team in the 1930 Far East Games in Tokyo but was only able to end up and finish third out of all the participant Nations. Angeling after returning to Manila, still young at the time ceased his playing career but stayed in world football and thanks to his international experiences, became a manager and coached the U. P. football team, formerly a team that also Alberto coached.

## Personal life

Angeling was the youngest child of Carlos Ramon Fernando Villarreal y Moras and Doña Carmen Santa Coloma y Navarro. His sisters were Ines Villarreal Y Santa Coloma, born in 1899 and Salud Villarreal y Santa Coloma born in 1901, while his brothers were Alberto, Fernando, Jose and Carlos. He played with the first three together at Bohemian and represented the National team at the same time in 1925. The latter was a boxer and a talented footballer as well but unlike the others he never played for the Bohemians nor did have the opportunity as he got a career long injury. During and after football, Angeling was employed in a banking concern.
Like his brothers were involved in the "beautiful game", so were his nephews Alberto “Albert” Villareal y Garcia, Jose “Joey” Villareal, Rafael “Raffy” Villareal, Juan “Juancho” Villareal y Garcia (Jose's sons) and Fernando “Tito” Villareal Jr. (Fernando's son) who played in the 1950s and 1960s and formed a second generation of Villareal brothers in Philippine football.

## Honors

Bohemian S.C.
* United States Philippines Championship: 1927
Philippine national football team
* Far Eastern Championship Games:
** (Silver medal) 1925
** (Bronze medal) 1930