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Swansea veteran Angel Rangel named club captain following Leon Britton's appointment as player-coach

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Angel Rangel has been named Swansea's new club captain following Leon Britton's appointment as a player-coach.

Britton gave up the captaincy after filling the first-team coaching vacancy left last week by Claude Makelele, who became the new manager of Belgian club KAS Eupen.

Full-back Rangel, 35, takes over the captaincy after playing more than 370 games for Swansea since joining from Spanish club Terrassa in 2007.

Veteran right back Angel Rangel has been named Swansea's new club captainu00a0
Veteran right back Angel Rangel has been named Swansea's new club captain
It comes following club legend Leon Britton moving up into a player-coach roleu00a0
It comes following club legend Leon Britton moving up into a player-coach role

'Given his age, experience and the excellent service he has given to this club over a number of years, Angel is the right choice to be club captain,' head coach Paul Clement told the official Swansea website.