Place of birth Avila, Spain Name Angel Pindado Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.83 m 1997–1998 Aguilas Position Goalkeeper | |
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Full name Angel Javier Hernandez Pindado Date of birth (1976-04-24) 24 April 1976 (age 39) | ||
Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado (born 24 April 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He appeared in 92 Segunda División games during six seasons, mainly at the service of Las Palmas. He also played professionally in Belgium and Albania, in a 17-year career.
Football career
Pindado was born in Ávila, Castile and León. During his early career he represented Águilas CF, Granada CF, Atlético Madrid B, Getafe CF, Albacete Balompié and UD Las Palmas, also having an unassuming abroad spell with Belgium's Royal Antwerp FC in the 2003–04 season.
On 29 May 2005, in the closing round of the top division campaign, Pindado played his only game in La Liga, as Albacete was already doomed, a 0–1 away loss against Racing de Santander. With Las Palmas he was the undisputed starter as the Canary Islands club was in the third level, but played less in division two.
After only four matches in 2010–11, 35-year-old Pindado was released by Las Palmas. He then joined Nea Salamis Famagusta FC of Cyprus, in the 2012 winter transfer window.
In January 2014, after nearly two years with his hometown side, Pindado was appointed as a player–goalkeeping coach at KS Kastrioti, becoming the first Spanish in both capacities to compete in the Albanian Superliga. He retired in June, immediately joining countryman Pepe Murcia's coaching staff at PFC Levski Sofia.