Diego López (footballer, born May 2002)
![]() López with Valencia in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diego López Noguerol | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 13 May 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Turón, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Valencia | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2010 | Figueiredo | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Xeitosa | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Sporting Gijón | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Valencia B | 52 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Valencia | 47 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:43, 18 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC) |
Diego López Noguerol (born 13 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as either a right winger or a forward for La Liga club Valencia.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Turón, Mieres, Asturias, López began playing football at the youth academy of FC Figueiredo where he scored more than 150 goals, and then Xeitosa CF where he scored 54 goals in his single season with them. His goalscoring earned him a move to the youth academy of Sporting de Gijón, followed by a short stint with Real Madrid, and finally moving to FC Barcelona in 2018.[1]
Valencia
[edit]On 7 July 2021, after finishing his formation, López joined Valencia CF and was initially assigned to moved to the reserves in Tercera División RFEF.[2] He missed the opening matches of the season due to an injury, and made his senior debut on 8 October 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Fran Pérez and scoring a brace in a 5–0 home routing of UD Benigànim.[3]
López helped the B-side in their promotion to Segunda Federación with nine goals, and made his professional – and La Liga – debut with Valencia on 29 August 2022, replacing Toni Lato late into a 1–0 loss to Atlético Madrid.[4] He scored his first goal in the top tier on 21 May of the following year, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over Real Madrid.[5]
On 14 August 2023, López renewed his contract with the Che until 2026, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 17 August 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Valencia B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 30 | 9 | — | 30 | 9 | |
2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 22 | 5 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
Total | 52 | 14 | — | 52 | 14 | |||
Valencia | 2022–23 | La Liga | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
2023–24 | La Liga | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 4 | |
2024–25 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | ||
Career total | 99 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 21 |
Honours
[edit]Barcelona Youth
Spain U23
- Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "De Mareo a La Fábrica y ahora... a La Masía" [From Mareo to La Fábrica and now... to La Masía]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Diego López: "Jugar en el VCF Mestalla es un reto y una oportunidad"" [Diego López: "To play at VCF Mestalla is a goal and an opportunity"]. Valencia CF (in Spanish). 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Diego López: "Coming back from injury and being able to help the team out with goals makes me really happy"". Valencia CF. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Día de canteranos, Diego López y Fran Pérez debutan con el Valencia CF" [Day of youth players, Diego López and Fran Pérez debut with Valencia CF]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Diego López anota su primer gol en partido oficial con el Valencia" [Diego López scores his first goal in an official match with Valencia] (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Diego López renueva hasta 2026" [Diego López renews until 2026] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Diego López at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Real Madrid profile
- Diego López at BDFutbol
- Diego López at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Diego López at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mieres, Asturias
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda Federación players
- Tercera Federación players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Spain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Spanish football biography stubs