Hernán López (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernán López Muñoz | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Villa del Parque, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pacífico Villa del Parque | |||
| Juventud de Devoto | |||
| Agronomía | |||
| Cultural de Tapiales | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | |||
| 2014–2019 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | River Plate | 1 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Central Córdoba SdE (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Godoy Cruz (loan) | 36 | (5) |
| 2024 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | (2) |
| 2024– | San Jose Earthquakes | 15 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:19, 9 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
Hernán López Muñoz (born 7 September 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Jose Earthquakes.[3]
Career
[edit]López played for Pacífico Villa del Parque, Juventud de Devoto, Agronomía, Cultural de Tapiales and Argentinos Juniors at youth level before joining the academy ranks of Primera División side River Plate in 2014; where he'd notably win the Generation Adidas Cup in back-to-back years from 2016.[1][4][5][6] His breakthrough into senior football came on the final day of the 2018–19 campaign, with Marcelo Gallardo selecting the midfielder off the bench in a Primera División fixture versus Tigre on 7 April 2019.[3][7] He came on with thirty-one minutes left in place of Jorge Carrascal, prior to scoring for 2–2 with four minutes remaining; though Tigre went on to win.[3]
On 25 April 2024, López signed with Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes.[8]
Personal life
[edit]López is a great-nephew of the Argentine international footballer Diego Maradona.[1][9][10][11] His paternal great-grandfather Diego Maradona "Chitoro" (1927–2015), who worked at a chemicals factory, was of Guaraní (Indigenous) and Spanish (Galician) descent, and his paternal great-grandmother Dalma Salvadora Franco, "Doña Tota" (1930–2011), was of Italian descent.[1][12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 20 October 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Central Córdoba (SE) (loan) | 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | |||||
| Godoy Cruz (loan) | 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| Godoy Cruz | 2024 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 51 | 7 | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2024 | Major League Soccer | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 30 | 9 | |
| Career total | 103 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 114 | 21 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Marcelo Gallardo incluyó al sobrino nieto de Diego Maradona entre los concentrados". Clarín. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Primera convocatoria para Hernán López". River Plate. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Argentina - H. López". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "El sobrino de Maradona debutó en la reserva de River". El Intransigente. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Quién es Hernán López, el sobrino de Maradona que fue convocado por Gallardo y podría debutar en River". Infobae. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "¿Cómo juega Hernán López, el juvenil de River que tiene un vínculo con Maradona?". Goal. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Hernán López, sobrino-nieto de Maradona, podría debutar en River el domingo ante Tigre". minutouno. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire Argentine Midfielder Hernán López as Designated Player | San Jose Earthquakes".
- ^ "La historia del sobrino de Maradona que juega en River: su polémica llegada al club y su particular parecido con el tío". La Nación. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Maradona...¡¡¡juega en River!!!". Marca. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "El sobrino nieto de Maradona concentra en River". TyC Sports. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Welch, Julie (25 November 2020). "Diego Maradona obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Hernán López at Soccerway
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
- Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
- Argentine people of Guaraní descent
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Argentine people of Basque descent
- Maradona family
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen