José Ángel Antelo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Antelo and the second or maternal family name is Paredes.
José Ángel Antelo
Antelo in 2011
Personal information
Born (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987
Noia, Spain
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
Playing career2004–2019
PositionPower forward
Number6
Career history
2004–2005Cáceres CB
2005–2006Zaragoza
2006–2007Bilbao Basket
2007–2008L'Hospitalet
2008–2009Tenerife
2009–2010Fuenlabrada
2010León
2010–2012Cáceres CdB
2012–2019Murcia
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Spain
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2004 Spain Team

José Ángel Antelo Paredes (born 7 May 1987) is a Spanish politician and a retired professional basketball player.

He played as power forward, and made his debut for Real Madrid in Euroleague aged 16, as well as winning the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Spain. After playing for several clubs between Liga ACB and LEB, he joined UCAM Murcia of the top flight in 2012, staying there until his retirement through injury in 2019.

After retiring from basketball, Antelo was elected to the city council in Murcia in 2019. In 2023, he was Vox's lead candidate in the 2023 Murcian regional election. The party came third, and he was named vice president of the Council of Government of the Region of Murcia, led by the People's Party (PP). Nine months later, he resigned his government offices as part of a nationwide rupture between the PP and Vox. He was expelled from Vox's parliamentary group in March 2026 and retained his seat in the Regional Assembly of Murcia as an independent.

Professional career

Real Madrid

Antelo was born in Noia in Galicia, and his father was a civil servant.[1] He was pursued by the academies of several teams, and at age 14 he chose Real Madrid, who wanted to turn him into a successor for Alberto Herreros.[1] He made his debut for the first team in EuroLeague against Lukoil Academic, playing 20 minutes and recording seven points and as many rebounds; at 16 years and 8 months, he was Real Madrid's second youngest debutant after Roberto Núñez.[2]

Antelo reflected in 2013 that he faced too high expectations due to making his debut for Real Madrid at a young age, and had even been considered for the NBA draft.[2] He said that he was not physically prepared for the senior game at age 16.[2]

Several teams (2004–2012)

Antelo played as professional player for the first time in the defunct Cáceres CB in the LEB Oro, followed by Zaragoza. In 2006–07 he played 25 games in the Liga ACB for Bilbao Basket, before returning to the second division with L'Hospitalet and Tenerife.[3] With the latter in 2008–09, he averaged 9 points and 5.6 rebounds as they fought for promotion.[3]

In July 2009, Antelo returned to the top flight by signing a four-year deal with Fuenlabrada.[3] Halfway through the season, he was loaned to León in the LEB, and in July 2010 he signed for Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad.[4]

UCAM Murcia

After being nominated as the best national player of the 2011–12 LEB Oro season with Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad, Antelo signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia.[5] In late 2013, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in a collision with Tibor Pleiß.[1] His team reached the playoffs in 2015–16, losing in the quarter-finals to Real Madrid.[1]

On 27 March 2019, during the 2018–19 season and after spending seven years in Murcia, suffering several injuries, Antelo announced his retirement from the professional basketball.[6] He remained at Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia to work for its sports services,[1] and studied a Master of Business Administration in sports marketing.[7]

National team career

Antelo played in all Spanish youth teams, being with the U18 team that were champions of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in 2004. He averaged 19.3 points and 10.5 rebounds in that tournament.[2] In the same year, he also won the Albert Schweitzer Tournament played at Mannheim. At the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, he was sent home for committing a serious foul.[2]

Political career

Murcia City Council (2019–2023)

On 12 April 2019, right-wing party Vox announced his inclusion in the Murcian regional branch of the party.[8] He was named third on their list for the city of Murcia in the 2019 Spanish local elections, and was elected as his party took their first three seats on the council.[9] Antelo's first proposal as councillor was for a 300 square metre flag of Spain, the biggest in the country, for the city's Plaza Circular; he wanted the military to raise the flag once a month, while playing the national anthem of Spain.[10]

On 4 December 2019, after the dismissal of the main people of the party in the regional branch, Antelo was named president of the party's caretaker committee.[11] After having received the most votes in the Region of Murcia in the 2019 Spanish general election, the national executive of Vox had changed the regional leadership due to a policy of avoiding powerful regional sectors, and Antelo was chosen due to being a loyalist to national leader Santiago Abascal.[10] In September 2020, he was proclaimed regional president of the party as the only candidate with sufficient signatures.[10] He inherited a party in which three of its deputies in the Regional Assembly of Murcia had been expelled due to financial disputes with the national leadership.[10]

Regional Assembly of Murcia (2023–)

At the start of the year, Antelo was named as Vox's lead candidate in the 2023 Murcian regional election.[12] His party came third, rising five seats to nine.[13]

The People's Party (PP) of incumbent President of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, required the support of Vox to gain a majority.[13] Vox set the repeal of environmental protection for the Mar Menor as a prerequisite for an agreement.[13] At the start of September, the agreement between the two parties was signed and Antelo became vicepresident and minister of security, interior and emergencies in López Miras's third government.[14] Vox withdrew from the government in July 2024 as part of ruptures with the PP in several regions, due to disagreements on immigration; Antelo said it was necessary to avoid complicity in "every machete attack, every rape, and every beheading".[15]

During the 2025 Torre-Pacheco unrest, Antelo said of illegal migrants "We're going to deport all of them, not one will remain". The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Podemos and the United Left (IU) reported an alleged hate crime. In January 2026, with Antelo not having been called to testify, the investigation was extended for another six months.[16]

On 26 February 2026, the entire executive of Vox in the Region of Murcia resigned due to disagreements with Antelo.[17] Antelo then alleged that his signature was forged to remove him from office as Vox's spokesman in the regional assembly; the party's other members of the assembly expelled him from their group on 4 March, putting him in the mixed group with the sole deputies of Podemos and the United Left.[18] He was supported by Javier Ortega Smith, Iván Espinosa de los Monteros and Juan García-Gallardo, three other figures who had lost roles through disputes with the party leadership.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Sáez-Bravo, Lucas (8 April 2019). "Antelo, jubilado por las lesiones y tentado por VOX: "Me veía la carne podrida"" [Antelo, retired through injury and tempted by Vox: "I could see my rotten flesh"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e Duque, Nacho (29 October 2013). "Jose [sic] Ángel Antelo, un talento con efecto retardado" [José Ángel Antelo, a talent with delayed effect]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "El Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada ficha a José Angel [sic] Antelo para las próximas cuatro temporadas" [Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada sign José Ángel Antelo for the next four seasons]. Marca (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  4. ^ Fernández, M. (16 July 2010). "Antelo: «Llego al Cáceres con la ilusión de estar lo más arriba posible»" [Antelo: "I'm arriving at Cáceres hoping to finish as high as possible"]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  5. ^ José Ángel Antelo ficha por el UCAM Murcia Archived 2012-07-24 at the Wayback Machine ACB.com 23 July 2012
  6. ^ "José Ángel Antelo se retira del baloncesto a consecuencia de las lesiones" [José Ángel Antelo retires from basketball due to injuries] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. ^ Albert, María (28 May 2023). "¿Quién es José Ángel Antelo, el candidato de Vox en las elecciones autonómicas de Murcia?" [Who is José Ángel Antelo, Vox's candidate in the autonomous elections in Murcia?]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Vox anuncia el fichaje del baloncestista José Ángel Antelo" [Vox announces the signing of basketball player José Ángel Antelo] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ García, Lola (27 May 2019). "Ballesta resiste en Murcia, Vox entra con fuerza y el PSOE sube" [Ballesta resists in Murcia, Vox enters with force and the PSOE rises]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b c d Reche, Elisa; Cabrera Catanesi, Santiago (18 June 2021). "La bandera y el himno: las obsesiones de José Ángel Antelo, exjugador de baloncesto y hombre fuerte de Abascal en Murcia" [The flag and the anthem: the obsessions of José Ángel Antelo, ex-basketball player and Abascal's strongman in Murcia]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Abascal nombra a José Ángel Antelo presidente de la gestora de Vox en la Región de Murcia" [Abascal names José Ángel Antelo president of the managing committee of Vox in the Region of Murcia] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Murcia. 4 December 2019.
  12. ^ "José Ángel Antelo será el candidato de Vox a la presidencia de la Región de Murcia" [José Ángel Antelo will be Vox's candidate for president of the Region of Murcia]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b c "Resultados de las elecciones autonómicas y municipales en Murcia y 7 datos para entenderlos" [Results of the autonomous and municipal elections in Murcia and 7 pieces of data to understand them] (in Spanish). laSexta. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Antelo (Vox) será vicepresidente en Murcia y dominará Seguridad, Interior y Emergencias" [Antelo (Vox) will be vice president in Murcia and will be in charge of the Ministry of Security, Interior and Emergencies]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  15. ^ Vilar, Gonzalo (21 August 2024). "José Ángel Antelo: "Mi salida del Gobierno no fue debido a una cuestión personal contra López Miras, sino por principios"" [José Ángel Antelo: "My exit from the government was not due to a personal issue with López Miras, but rather by principles"]. Murcia Economía (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  16. ^ Lucas, Ana (30 January 2026). "La Fiscalía prorroga seis meses la investigación contra Antelo por delito de odio" [Prosecutor extends the investigation against Antelo for hate crime for six months]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  17. ^ Peñacoba, Adrián (26 February 2026). "Dimite en bloque la dirección provincial de Vox en Murcia por desavenencias con José Ángel Antelo" [Provincial executive of Vox in Murcia resigns en masse due to disagreements with José Ángel Antelo]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  18. ^ a b "Vox expulsa a Antelo del grupo parlamentario y desmiente que haya falsificado su firma para retirarle la portavocía" [Vox expels Antelo from the parliamentary group and denies that it had forged his signature to take the spokesmanship off him] (in Spanish). RTVE. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
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