Álvaro López (Chilean footballer)

Álvaro Fabián López Ojeda (born 24 September 1992) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for Lautaro de Buin.

Álvaro López
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Fabián López Ojeda
Date of birth (1992-09-24) September 24, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lautaro de Buin
Number 9
Youth career
Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Cobreloa 56 (7)
2015–2016 Barnechea 7 (1)
2016 Deportes Melipilla 8 (1)
2017 Magallanes 20 (0)
2018 Miami United (–)
2019 FAS 9 (1)
2019 RI 3 Corrales [es]
2022 General Velásquez 13 (4)
2024– Lautaro de Buin 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024

Career

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A product of the Cobreloa youth system, López moved to Calama in 2009 at the age of sixteen,[1] and made his professional debut in 2010 in a match against Unión San Felipe. In 2015, he switched to Barnechea.[2]

After stints with Deportes Melipilla and Magallanes, he moved abroad and played for Miami United in the 2018 NPSL, FAS in the 2019 Clausura of the Salvadoran Primera División[3] and RI 3 Corrales [es] in the Paraguayan División Intermedia.[4][1]

After a stint as a free agent (2020–21) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] he joined General Velásquez in 2022.[3]

In 2024, López joined Lautaro de Buin.[5]

Personal life

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After leaving the Paraguayan football at the end of 2019, he started a jewelry shop in Santiago.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ferreiro, Samuel (24 August 2021). "Álvaro López: "Sé que a los futbolistas les gustan las joyas"". La Cuarta (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 22. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ÁLVARO LÓPEZ: "BARNECHEA QUIERE PELEAR EL CAMPEONATO"". ANFP (in Spanish). ANFP. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b @GralVelasquez (19 March 2022). "¡Bienvenido Álvaro!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Intermedia: la punta sigue pintada de Albiceleste". Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Lautaro de Buin debutó con un triunfo ante Fernández Vial en el inicio del Torneo". sifup.cl (in Spanish). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Ex delantero de Cobreloa abrió su propio taller de Orfebrería: Quedó sin club desde la pandemia". meganoticias.cl (in Spanish). Meganoticias. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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