Pedro López (footballer, born November 1983)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro López Muñoz | ||
Date of birth | 1 November 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Torrent, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2002 | Monte-Sión | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Valencia B | 54 | (6) |
2004–2005 | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 20 | (1) |
2005–2011 | Valladolid | 168 | (3) |
2011–2019 | Levante | 160 | (2) |
2019–2021 | Huesca | 40 | (0) |
Total | 442 | (12) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pedro López Muñoz (born 1 November 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Over 12 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 257 matches and five goals, in representation of Racing de Santander, Valladolid, Levante and Huesca.
Club career
[edit]Valencia and Racing
[edit]Born in Torrent, Valencian Community, López was a product of Valencia CF's youth system. His input with the first team consisted of three appearances in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup,[1][2][3] as he was mainly associated to their reserves.
López would go on to make his La Liga debut for Racing de Santander during the 2004–05 season, having signed on loan.[4][5][6]
Valladolid
[edit]López joined Real Valladolid in summer 2005, playing 36 matches for a side that achieved top-flight promotion two years later.[7] He scored his first goal for the club the following campaign, a long-range strike during the 1–1 home draw against Real Madrid on 23 September 2007.[8]
On 14 December 2008, firmly established as first-choice right-back, López netted from his half in a 3–0 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña.[9] He continued to start regularly in the following seasons,[10] suffering relegation in 2009–10.[11]
Levante
[edit]Wishing to return to the top tier, López joined Levante UD of his native region on 19 July 2011, on a three-year deal.[12] The team finished a best-ever sixth in his debut season, subsequently qualifying for the UEFA Europa League in which he played eight matches to help them reach the quarter-finals.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on 31 March 2014, to confirm a 2–0 win at Granada CF.[14]
On 16 May 2019, the 35-year-old López announced he would leave the Estadi Ciutat de València at the end of the campaign when his contract expired.[15]
Huesca
[edit]On 16 July 2019, free agent López signed a one-year contract with SD Huesca, recently relegated to Segunda División.[16]
Honours
[edit]Valladolid
Levante
- Segunda División: 2016–17
Huesca
- Segunda División: 2019–20
References
[edit]- ^ "Valencia y Deportivo, en semifinales de la Copa Intertoto" [Valencia and Deportivo, to the Intertoto Cup semi-finals]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 July 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "El Valencia arrolla al Roda y el Depor sufre ante el Newcastle" [Valencia crush Roda and Depor suffer against Newcastle]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 July 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "El Valencia cae por la mínima en Hamburgo" [Valencia fall in Hamburg by the odd goal]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 August 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Del Olmo, J. (25 August 2004). "Acuerda con el Valencia las cesiones de López y Parri" [Agreement with Valencia for loans of López and Parri]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Vicario, Ernesto (20 September 2004). "El Villarreal perdona y el Racing empata en el 90'" [Villarreal forgive and Racing draw in the 90th]. Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "El Racing desquicia al Mallorca" [Racing make Mallorca go mad]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 October 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Los héroes del ascenso esperan su oportunidad" [Promotion heroes await their chance]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Valladolid 1–1 Real Madrid". ESPN Soccernet. 23 September 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Valladolid 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña". ESPN Soccernet. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Una ciatalgia aparta a Pedro López de la sesión de entrenamiento" [Sciatica takes Pedro López from training session]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 9 January 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Esteve, Rafa (25 December 2023). "«Estoy convencido de que voy a vivir épocas buenas en este club siendo del cuerpo técnico»" ["I'm convinced I will have good seasons at this club as part of the coaching staff"]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Allepuz, Miguel (20 July 2011). "Pedro López y Aranda ya atados; Xavi Torres al caer" [Pedro López and Aranda all tied; Xavi Torres to come]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ Mínguez, Javier (14 March 2017). "Pedro López 2018: seis años, en seis momentos" [Pedro López 2018: six years, in six moments] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Rincón, Jaime (31 March 2014). "Eficacia de Primera" [Primera efficiency]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ ""Esta permanencia ha sido el reto más difícil de mi carrera"" ["This survival has been the most difficult goal of my career"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Pedro López, experiencia para la defensa azulgrana" [Pedro López, experience for the blue-and-red defence] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Levante official profile (in Spanish)
- Pedro López at BDFutbol
- Pedro López at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Pedro López at Soccerway
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Torrent, Valencia
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Valencia
- Men's association football fullbacks
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Racing de Santander players
- Real Valladolid players
- Levante UD footballers
- SD Huesca footballers