Hugo López (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugo López

| image =

| fullname = Hugo López Martínez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gijón, Spain

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Dhofar Club

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Colegio Inmaculada

| youthyears2 = 2002–2007 | youthclubs2 = Barcelona

| years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Almería B | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 14

| years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = → Sporting Gijón B (loan) | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = Noja | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2011–2012 | clubs4 = Atlético | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = Slavia Sofia | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2013 | clubs6 = Ironi Ramat HaSharon | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Enosis Neon | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2014–2015 | clubs8 = Apollon Limassol | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 10

| years9 = 2015–2016 | clubs9 = Hapoel Kfar Saba | caps9 = 30 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2016–2017 | clubs10 = Celaya | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2017–2018 | clubs11 = Dhofar Club | caps11 = | goals11 =

| years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = Al Hamriyah | caps12 = | goals12 =

| years13 = 2019 | clubs13 = Al-Jabalain | caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2019– | clubs14 = Dhofar Club | caps14 = | goals14 =

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| club-update = 15:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

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Hugo López Martínez (born 15 May 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhofar Club.

Football career

López was born in Gijón, Asturias. While playing for his high school of Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón), he was recruited by La Liga club FC Barcelona at the age of 14, remaining with the youth academy for five years.{{cite news|url=http://archivo.lavozdeasturias.es/html/491592.html|title=Un gijones que es del Almería|trans-title=One gijones from Almería|newspaper=La Voz de Asturias|language=es|date=8 May 2009|accessdate=20 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709041343/http://archivo.lavozdeasturias.es/html/491592.html|archivedate=9 July 2012}} He began his senior career in the fourth division with UD Almería B, then moved to the third with another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B.

For 2009–10, López returned to the fourth level and Almería's reserves, and also competed in that tier in the following season, with SD Noja. In the 2011 off-season he moved abroad and signed a one-year contract with Atlético Clube de Portugal, freshly promoted to division two.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.ao/futebol/segunda-liga/artigos/hugo-lopez-e-o-novo-reforco|title=Hugo López é o novo reforço|trans-title=Hugo López is the new addition|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=21 July 2011|accessdate=23 July 2018|archive-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032205/https://desporto.sapo.ao/futebol/segunda-liga/artigos/hugo-lopez-e-o-novo-reforco|url-status=dead}}

López played his first official match with the Lisbon club in a League Cup 1–1 away draw against Portimonense SC, on 7 August 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/taca-ctt/detalhe/portimonense-e-atletico-empatam-711144.html|title=Portimonense e Atlético empatam|trans-title=Portimonense and Atlético draw|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=7 August 2011|accessdate=23 July 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He left at the end of the campaign, going on to compete in quick succession in Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus, Mexico{{cite news|url=https://www.am.com.mx/2016/06/03/celaya/deportes/se-suma--hugo-lopez-a-celaya-288903|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804115306/http://www.am.com.mx/2016/06/03/celaya/deportes/se-suma--hugo-lopez-a-celaya-288903|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2016|title=Se suma Hugo López a Celaya|trans-title=Hugo López added to Celaya|newspaper=AM|last=Campos|first=Carlos|language=es|date=3 June 2016|accessdate=23 July 2018}} and Oman.{{cite web|url=http://migrantesdelbalon.com/2017/09/27/hugo-lopez-tendra-pasar-quirofano/|title=Hugo López tendrá que pasar por el quirófano|trans-title=Hugo López will have to visit surgery room|publisher=Migrantes del Balón|language=es|date=27 September 2017|accessdate=10 December 2017|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211104850/http://migrantesdelbalon.com/2017/09/27/hugo-lopez-tendra-pasar-quirofano/|url-status=dead}}

On 23 July 2019, López returned to Dhofar Club.[https://twitter.com/Dhofar_FC/status/1153762717452386306 Dhofar Club announce López' return on the clubs official Twitter profile], twitter.com, 23 July 2019

Club statistics

{{updated|16 February 2016}}{{BDFutbol|100257|accessdate=26 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hugo-lopez-martinez/152236/|title=Hugo López|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=26 May 2014}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting B \|2008–09 \|Segunda División B \|24	4	colspan="2"\|—	2{{efn\|Appearances in the Tercera División relegation play-offs\|name=TD}}	0	26	4
Atlético \|2011–12 \|Segunda Liga \|11	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	13	0
Slavia Sofia \|2012–13 \|A PFG \|4	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	5	0
Ironi HaSharon \|2012–13 \|Israeli Premier League \|13	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	13	0
Enosis \|2013–14 \|Cypriot First Division \|15	2	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	15	2
rowspan="3"\|Apollon Limassol \|2013–14 \|Cypriot First Division \|16	6	4	0	colspan="2"\|—	20	6
2014–15 \|Cypriot First Division \|19	5	1	0	6{{efn\|Appearances in UEFA Europa League\|name=UEL}}	1	26	6
colspan="2"\|Total !35	11	5	0	6	1	46	32
Hapoel Kfar Saba \|2015–16 \|Israeli Premier League \|23	2	4	0	colspan="2"\|—	27	2
colspan="3"\|Career total !125	19	12	0	8	1	145	20