Michael López (Argentine footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Steven López | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomas de Zamora, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lahti | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Banfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Banfield | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Defensores (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Fénix (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2021 | Minsk | 24 | (7) |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | 27 | (10) |
| 2023 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Honka | 8 | (1) |
| 2024– | Lahti | 25 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 | |||
Michael Steven López (born 19 August 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2]
Career
[edit]López first appeared in the first-team of Argentine Primera División side Banfield in May 2017, as an unused substitute for a Copa Argentina match against Chaco For Ever.[2] On 14 October, López made his professional debut in the Primera División against Estudiantes, coming on as a late substitute for Darío Cvitanich.[2][3] After a second appearance versus Colón two weeks later, López made his first start in a league match with San Lorenzo on 4 November.[2][4] His first senior goal arrived on 18 July 2018 in a Copa Argentina round of sixty-four defeat against General Lamadrid of Primera C Metropolitana.[2]
Ahead of January 2019, López was loaned out to Primera B Nacional's Defensores de Belgrano.[5] Seven appearances followed in six months.[2] July 2019 saw López agree a loan move to Fénix.[6] He debuted in a defeat away to Almirante Brown on 3 August, which preceded his first goal coming in September against Flandria.[2] He returned to Banfield in June 2020, as he subsequently trained with their reserves.[7] On 6 March 2021, López headed to Belarus with Premier League side Minsk.[8] He debuted in a cup quarter-final first leg draw with Isloch later that day.[2]
On 13 December 2021, he signed with AC Oulu in Finland.[9] On 2 February 2023, he signed with Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol.[10] On 12 June 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced that Lopez had left the club by mutual agreement.[11]
Lopez returned to Finland, and after a short stint with FC Honka in 2023, Lopez signed a deal with FC Lahti for the 2024 season.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 October 2024.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Banfield | 2017–18 | Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Defensores de Belgrano (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Fénix (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera B Nacional | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| Minsk | 2021 | Belarusian Premier League | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 7 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 32 | 11 | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2022–23 | Moldovan Super Liga | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Honka | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Lahti | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | — | 30 | 11 | |
| Career total | 126 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 35 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- ^ a b Includes Finnish League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Michael López". World Football. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Michael López at Soccerway
- ^ "Estudiantes La Plata vs. Banfield". Banfield. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Michael López profile". BDFA. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Estampó la firma". Mundo Ascenso. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ ""Fénix va a dar que hablar"". Solo Ascenso. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Banfield define qué jugadores seguirán en el plantel". InfoRegión. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Контракт с ФК "Минск" подписал аргентинец Майкл Лопес". Minsk. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Michael Lopez saapuu AC Oulun hyökkäykseen" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Work and new faces, fc-sheriff.com, 2 February 2023
- ^ "Первые изменения". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Michael López vahvistaa FC Lahden hyökkäystä, fclahti, 9 February 2024
External links
[edit]- Michael López at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lomas de Zamora
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- Defensores de Belgrano footballers
- Club Atlético Fénix players
- FC Minsk players
- AC Oulu players
- FC Sheriff Tiraspol players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- FC Honka players
- FC Lahti players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen