Lluís López

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Lluís López
Personal information
Full name Lluís López Mármol
Date of birth (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Zaragoza
Number 24
Youth career
Gimnàstic Manresa
2005–2015
Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Espanyol B 117 (8)
2018–2021 Espanyol 28 (0)
2020Tenerife (loan) 9 (0)
2021– Zaragoza 65 (1)
International career
2013 Spain U16 1 (0)
2013 Spain U17 4 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Lluís López Mármol (born 5 March 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Barcelona, Catalonia,[1] López joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at Club Gimnàstic Manresa.[2] On 4 June 2015 he was promoted to the reserves,[3] being also called up to the main squad for pre-season on 9 July.[4]

López made his senior debut on 23 August 2015, starting and being booked in a 1–0 home win against Lleida Esportiu in the Segunda División B.[5] He scored his first goal in the category on 4 October, netting his team's only in a 1–1 draw against Valencia CF Mestalla also at the Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque;[6] thirteen days later, he scored a brace in a 4–5 home loss against CD Eldense.[7]

On 6 July 2018, López renewed his contract until 2022, being definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2019–20 campaign.[8] He made his first-team debut on 1 November, coming on as a second-half substitute for injured Naldo in a 1–2 away loss against Cádiz CF, in the season's Copa del Rey.[9]

López made his

Segunda División side CD Tenerife until the end of the season.[10]

Upon returning, López featured in 18 matches during the 2020–21 season, as the Pericos returned to the top tier. On 18 August 2021, he terminated his contract with the club,[11] and signed a two-year deal with Real Zaragoza in the second division just hours later.[12]

References

  1. ^ "El jove Lluís López pot mantenir 26 anys de presència de la regió central a la lliga" [Youngster Lluís López can maintain 26 years of presence from the central region in the league] (in Catalan). Regió 7. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Lluís López, el último de la fábrica de centrales" [Lluís López, the last one to come from the stoppers factory] (in Spanish). Diario la Grada. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ocho jugadores del Juvenil A tendrán dorsal del Espanyol B" [Eight Juvenil A players will have Espanyol B jerseys] (in Spanish). Diario la Grada. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. ^ "El primer equipo inicia el primer 'stage'" [The first team starts the first 'stage'] (in Spanish). Vavel. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. ^ "1–0: Estreno victorioso" [1–0: Victorious debut] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ "1–1: Igualdad total" [1–0: Total equity] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  7. ^ "4–5: Derrota dolorosa" [4–5: Painful defeat] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Lluís López renueva hasta el 2022" [Lluís López renew until 2022] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Los suplentes del Cádiz sonrojan al Espanyol" [The reserves of Cádiz blush Espanyol] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Lluís López, cedido al CD Tenerife" [Lluís López, loaned to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Lluís López finaliza su etapa en el RCD Espanyol" [Lluís López ends his spell at RCD Espanyol] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  12. ^ "El Real Zaragoza incorpora al defensa central Lluís López" [Real Zaragoza sign the central defender Lluís López] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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