Lisandro López

Lisandro López (born 2 March 1983), or simply Lisandro, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Racing Club de Avellaneda. Primarily a striker, he is also capable of playing on the wings.

After starting out at Racing Club in 2003, López spent most of his professional career with Porto in Portugal and Lyon in France, winning eight major titles between the two teams.

Club career

Racing Club

Born in Rafael Obligado, Buenos Aires Province, López started his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine first division, making his first-team debuts at the age of 19.

He was the league's top scorer in the 2004 Apertura tournament, going on to net more than 30 official goals during his three-year spell.

Porto

In April 2005 Lisandro signed for FC Porto for a transfer fee of €2.3 million, moving to Portugal alongside countryman Lucho González. His agents, Global Soccer Agencies (later renamed Rio Football Services), retained 50% of the player's rights– in the same transfer window, Luís Fabiano, whose rights were owned by GSA's sister company, "Global Soccer Investments" (75%), left the club. He scored seven top division goals in his first season in 26 games, repeating the feat in the following campaign whilst appearing in one match less; he also found the net in the 1–1 home draw against Rangers in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, adding two against Hamburger SV (also in the UEFA Champions League but in the following season, 4–1 home win).