Raúl López Gómez (born 23 February 1993), also known as El Dedos, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.
_(cropped1).jpg) López with Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl López Gómez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos Laguna | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Guadalajara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Guadalajara | 51 | (3) |
| 2014 | → UAT (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Coras (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Pachuca (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Pachuca | 79 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Toluca (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Toluca | 44 | (3) |
| 2023– | Santos Laguna | 33 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Mexico U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 12 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Mexico | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 | |||
Club career
editYouth
editLópez joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2008. He continued through Chivas Youth Academy successfully going through U-17 and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team, Benjamín Galindo was the coach promoting lópez to first team.[2]
Guadalajara
editLópez made his professional debut for Guadalajara under coach Benjamín Galindo on 3 March 2013 in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.[1]
Correcaminos UAT (loan)
editOn 21 December 2013, he went out on loan to second division team Correcaminos UAT,[3] for six months in order to gain experience and playing time.
Coras de Tepic (loan)
editThe following season, López was again sent out on loan for six months, this time to Coras de Tepic. He had a great season and helped lead the squad to the 2014 Ascenso MX Apertura final; the squad ended up losing.[4]
Guadalajara (return)
editAfter a great season with Coras and the Mexico national under-20 football team, López returned to Chivas and became a regular starter. On 1 March 2015 he scored his first career goal with Guadalajara in a 3–0 win against Monterrey.[5] On 4 November 2015, Chivas beat León 1–0 in the Copa MX final.[6]
Pachuca
editOn June 8 2016 Lopez joined Pachuca on loan.[7] During his loan spell, Pachuca beat Tigres 2–1 on aggregate to win the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League.[8] He scored the first goal of the final, away at the Estadio Universitario, in a match that ended 1–1.[9] On June 8 2017, he was permanently signed for an undisclosed amount.[10]
Toluca
editOn 8 June 2020, Lopez joined Toluca for the 2020 Apertura.[11]
Santos Laguna
editOn 12 December 2022, Lopez signed for Santos Laguna.[12]
Style of Play
editLópez is one of Liga MX most solid and complete right-back. He is both technically gifted defensively and in attacking. He's able to do long runs on the side that many time lead with a cross and goal, and is a free kick specialist.
International career
editYouth
editHe was selected for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] On 18 September 2015, López was selected by coach Raul Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
Senior
editOn 8 November 2015, López was called up to the senior national team to replace Paul Aguilar, who was injured.
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2012–13 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
| Correcaminos UAT (loan) | 2013–14 | Ascenso MX | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Coras de Tepic (loan) | 2014–15 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Pachuca (loan) | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Pachuca | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 87 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 3 | ||
| Toluca (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| Toluca | 2021–22 | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 | ||
| Santos Laguna | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 17 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||||||
- ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Campeón de Campeones
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
editGuadalajara
Pachuca
Mexico Youth
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Raúl López Profile". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Raúl López Gómez". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ CF Correcaminos (21 December 2013). "En la imagen Raúl López con la playera que defenderá en el #CL2014 #FuerzaNaranja #ContamosContigo". X (formerly known as Twitter). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Hernández, Jesús (12 July 2014). "Raúl López y Bofo Bautista, a un paso de volver a Chivas". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Guadalajara vs. Monterrey - 30 September 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN". www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ e.maya (8 June 2016). "Dedos López jugará con Pachuca". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Pachuca, imbatible en finales del torneo de Concacaf". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). 27 April 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Tigres UANL vs. Pachuca - 19 April 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Confirmed López New Player of Pachuca". Univision.com (in Spanish). UNIVISION. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ egonzalezd (8 June 2020). "Toluca anunció a Raúl López como su primer refuerzo para el Apertura 2020". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Torres Forero, Daniel Orland (12 December 2022). "¡Oficial! Raúl 'Dedos' López es nuevo jugador de Santos Laguna". Antena 2 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™: Mexico". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Raúl López". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Raúl López at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
External links
edit- Raúl López Gómez at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Raúl López Gómez at Chivas de Corazon
- Raúl López at Olympics.com
- Raúl López at Olympedia
