Personal information | |||
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Full name | Angel Michael Mathaiya Waruih [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Botswana [2] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eastleigh | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2022 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
2022–2024 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Eastleigh | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:27, 26 June 2024 (UTC) |
Angel Michael Mathaiya Waruih (born 9 December 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for National League club Eastleigh.
Waruih is a product of the Plymouth Argyle academy and he began his professional career with Brentford in 2022. Following two seasons of B team football, Waruih's senior career began in non-League football with Eastleigh.
A central midfielder, Waruih began his career in Plymouth Argyle's Advanced Development Centre at the age of five, [2] before joining the club's academy at age 9. [3] He progressed through the academy and was a part of the club's 2018 SuperCupNI Super Vase-winning team. [4] Waruih signed a two-year scholarship deal at the end of the 2019–20 season and was a part of the U18 team which won the 2020–21 EFL Youth Alliance Merit League One title. [3] [5] Waruih won calls into two EFL Trophy squads during the 2021–22 season and made his only senior appearance for the club with a start in a 2–0 group stage defeat to Newport County on 31 August 2021. [6] He was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [7]
On 24 August 2022, Waruih transferred to the B team at Premier League club Brentford and signed a one-year contract, with a one year option. [8] He made six appearances during the B team's 2022–23 Premier League Cup-winning campaign. [6] [9] The one-year option to extend Waruih's contract was exercised at the end of the 2022–23 season, with a further one-year option attached. [10] He was released at the end of the 2023–24 season. [11]
On 25 June 2024, Waruih transferred to National League club Eastleigh and signed an undisclosed-length contract, effective 1 July 2024. [12]
Waruih is a deep-lying midfielder and "has the capability to push further forward and play as a number eight too". [8]
Waruih is of Botswanan descent. [2] He attended St Boniface's Catholic College. [3]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Plymouth Argyle | 2021–22 [13] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Eastleigh | 2024–25 [6] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brentford B
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