Christian Lopez (footballer)

Christian Lopez (born 15 March 1953 in Aïn Témouchent, French Algeria) is a French retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

During a 15-year professional career López amassed Ligue 1 totals of 429 games and 28 goals, in representation of AS Saint-Étienne and Toulouse FC. He won seven major titles during his spell with the former – including two doubles – and shared teams with legendary Michel Platini in his final three seasons.

Lopez spent the 1985–86 campaign in Ligue 2 with Montpellier HSC, retiring at the age of 34 after a spell in amateur football with US Montélimar.

International career

Lopez earned 39 caps for the French national team during seven years, scoring once. He made his debut on 26 March 1975, in a friendly with Hungary (2–0 win in Paris).

Lopez was part of the squads that appeared in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups. He featured in four matches for the Bleus in the latter tournament, with the country finishing in fourth position.

Honours

Christian Lopez (musician)

Christian Lopez is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Martinsburg, West Virginia, as well as frontman and guitarist of the Christian Lopez Band. After signing with Blaster Records in 2014, that October the band released their debut EP Pilot. After touring in support of the release, the group then released Onward, a full-length album produced by Dave Cobb. Beyond Lopez, bandmembers as of 2015 included Chelsea McBee on banjo and vocals, Mark Shottinger on bass, and Pete Teselsky on drums. Writing music in a folk-rock and Americana style, Americana Music Show wrote that Lopez's lyrics and delivery have "the earnestness and wide-open view of the world" not seen "since the early days of Paul Simon." The band tours frequently in the United States, and in 2015 Rolling Stone named Lopez "best newcomer" at the Americana Music Festival & Conference, with the article writing that he "packed so much kinetic energy into his set, and sliced so many strings, that he had to finish on a borrowed guitar."