Raúl López (footballer, born 1993)
 López with Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl López Gómez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos Laguna | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Guadalajara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Guadalajara | 51 | (3) |
| 2014 | → UAT (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Coras (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Pachuca (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Pachuca | 79 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Toluca (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Toluca | 44 | (3) |
| 2023– | Santos Laguna | 33 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Mexico U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 12 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Mexico | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 | |||
Raúl López Gómez (born 23 February 1993), also known as El Dedos, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.
Club career
[edit]Youth
[edit]López joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2008. He continued through Chivas Youth Academy successfully going through U-17 and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team, Benjamín Galindo was the coach promoting lópez to first team.[2]
Guadalajara
[edit]López made his professional debut for Guadalajara under coach Benjamín Galindo on 3 March 2013 in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.[1]
Correcaminos UAT (loan)
[edit]On 21 December 2013, he went out on loan to second division team Correcaminos UAT,[3] for six months in order to gain experience and playing time.
Coras de Tepic (loan)
[edit]The following season, López was again sent out on loan for six months, this time to Coras de Tepic. He had a great season and helped lead the squad to the 2014 Ascenso MX Apertura final; the squad ended up losing.[4]
Guadalajara (return)
[edit]After a great season with Coras and the Mexico national under-20 football team, López returned to Chivas and became a regular starter. On 1 March 2015 he scored his first career goal with Guadalajara in a 3–0 win against Monterrey.[5] On 4 November 2015, Chivas beat León 1–0 in the Copa MX final.[6]
Pachuca
[edit]On June 8, 2016 Lopez joined Pachuca on loan.[7] During his loan spell, Pachuca beat Tigres 2–1 on aggregate to win the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League.[8] He scored the first goal of the final, away at the Estadio Universitario, in a match that ended 1–1.[9] On June 8, 2017, he was permanently signed for an undisclosed amount.[10]
Toluca
[edit]On 8 June 2020, Lopez joined Toluca for the 2020 Apertura.[11]
Santos Laguna
[edit]On 12 December 2022, Lopez signed for Santos Laguna.[12]
Style of Play
[edit]López is one of Liga MX most solid and complete right-back. He is both technically gifted defensively and in attacking. He's able to do long runs on the side that many time lead with a cross and goal, and is a free kick specialist.
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]He was selected for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] On 18 September 2015, López was selected by coach Raul Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
Senior
[edit]On 8 November 2015, López was called up to the senior national team to replace Paul Aguilar, who was injured.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2012–13 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
| Correcaminos UAT (loan) | 2013–14 | Ascenso MX | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Coras de Tepic (loan) | 2014–15 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Pachuca (loan) | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Pachuca | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 87 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 3 | ||
| Toluca (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| Toluca | 2021–22 | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 | ||
| Santos Laguna | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 17 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||||||
- ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Campeón de Campeones
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Guadalajara
Pachuca
Mexico Youth
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Raúl López Profile". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Raúl López Gómez". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ CF Correcaminos (21 December 2013). "En la imagen Raúl López con la playera que defenderá en el #CL2014 #FuerzaNaranja #ContamosContigo". X (formerly known as Twitter). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Hernández, Jesús (12 July 2014). "Raúl López y Bofo Bautista, a un paso de volver a Chivas". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Guadalajara vs. Monterrey - 30 September 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN". www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ e.maya (8 June 2016). "Dedos López jugará con Pachuca". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Pachuca, imbatible en finales del torneo de Concacaf". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). 27 April 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Tigres UANL vs. Pachuca - 19 April 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Confirmed López New Player of Pachuca". Univision.com (in Spanish). UNIVISION. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ egonzalezd (8 June 2020). "Toluca anunció a Raúl López como su primer refuerzo para el Apertura 2020". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Torres Forero, Daniel Orland (12 December 2022). "¡Oficial! Raúl 'Dedos' López es nuevo jugador de Santos Laguna". Antena 2 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™: Mexico". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Raúl López". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Raúl López at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- Raúl López Gómez at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Raúl López Gómez at Chivas de Corazon
- Raúl López at Olympics.com
- Raúl López at Olympedia (archive)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Jalisco
- Sportspeople from Zapopan, Jalisco
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Correcaminos UAT footballers
- Liga MX players
- Mexico men's under-20 international footballers
- Mexico men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Mexico
- 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Mexican men's footballers
- CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen