Hugo López (footballer)

Hugo López
Personal information
Full name	Hugo López Martínez
Date of birth	15 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dhofar Club
Youth career
	Colegio Inmaculada
2002–2007	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2010	Almería B
2008–2009	→ Sporting Gijón B (loan)
2010–2011	Noja
2011–2012	Atlético
2012	Slavia Sofia
2013	Ironi Ramat HaSharon
2013	Enosis Neon
2014–2015	Apollon Limassol
2015–2016	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2016–2017	Celaya
2017–2018	Dhofar Club
2018–2019	Al Hamriyah
2019	Al-Jabalain
2019–	Dhofar Club
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Hugo López Martínez (born 15 May 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhofar Club.

Football career

López was born in Gijón, Asturias. While playing for his high school of Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón), he was recruited by La Liga club FC Barcelona at the age of 14, remaining with the youth academy for five years.^[1] He began his senior career in the fourth division with UD Almería B, then moved to the third with another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B.

For 2009–10, López returned to the fourth level and Almería's reserves, and also competed in that tier in the following season, with SD Noja. In the 2011 off-season he moved abroad and signed a one-year contract with Atlético Clube de Portugal, freshly promoted to division two.^[2]

López played his first official match with the Lisbon club in a League Cup 1–1 away draw against Portimonense SC, on 7 August 2011.^[3] He left at the end of the campaign, going on to compete in quick succession in Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus, Mexico^[4] and Oman.^[5]

On 23 July 2019, López returned to Dhofar Club.^[6]

As of 16 February 2016^[7]^[8]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting B	2008–09	Segunda División B	24	4	—		2^[a]	0	26	4
Atlético	2011–12	Segunda Liga	11	0	2	0	—		13	0
Slavia Sofia	2012–13	A PFG	4	0	1	0	—		5	0
Ironi HaSharon	2012–13	Israeli Premier League	13	0	0	0	—		13	0
Enosis	2013–14	Cypriot First Division	15	2	0	0	—		15	2
Apollon Limassol	2013–14	Cypriot First Division	16	6	4	0	—		20	6
	2014–15	Cypriot First Division	19	5	1	0	6^[b]	1	26	6
	Total		35	11	5	0	6	1	46	32
Hapoel Kfar Saba	2015–16	Israeli Premier League	23	2	4	0	—		27	2
Career total			125	19	12	0	8	1	145	20

^ "Un gijones que es del Almería" [One gijones from Almería]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "Hugo López é o novo reforço" [Hugo López is the new addition] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^ "Portimonense e Atlético empatam" [Portimonense and Atlético draw]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Campos, Carlos (3 June 2016). "Se suma Hugo López a Celaya" [Hugo López added to Celaya]. AM (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Hugo López tendrá que pasar por el quirófano" [Hugo López will have to visit surgery room] (in Spanish). Migrantes del Balón. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ Dhofar Club announce López' return on the clubs official Twitter profile, twitter.com, 23 July 2019
^ Hugo López at BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ "Hugo López". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2014.