Francisco Javier López Díaz (footballer)
Francisco Javier 'Javi' López Díaz (born 20 April 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Pontevedra CF as a right winger.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Javier López Díaz | ||
Date of birth | 20 April 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Málaga, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Pontevedra | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Málaga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Málaga B | 84 | (20) |
2009–2012 | Málaga | 11 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Ponferradina (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Jaén (loan) | 24 | (2) |
2012−2013 | Getafe B | 27 | (5) |
2013−2015 | Guadalajara | 67 | (14) |
2015−2016 | Murcia | 25 | (0) |
2016−2017 | Lorca | 9 | (0) |
2017−2018 | Lleida Esportiu | 44 | (6) |
2018− | Pontevedra | 15 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2019 |
Club career
López was born in Málaga, Andalusia. As a product of hometown Málaga CF's youth ranks,[1] he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 7 November 2009, scoring in a 2–2 away draw against CD Tenerife; another player promoted from the reserves, Daniel Toribio, also made his first appearance in that game.[2][3]
Firmly established in the side's starting XI, López netted his second goal on 31 January 2010 in a 2–0 victory at Atlético Madrid.[4] For the 2010–11 season, however, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina, recently returned to the second division, alongside teammate Toribio;[5] on 11 September he scored his first goal, but this happened in a 1–5 home loss to Villarreal CF B.[6]
López was again loaned the following summer, this time to Real Jaén of the third level.[7] He made his official debut on 18 September 2011 in a 2−0 home defeat of CD Puertollano,[8] and netted his first goal on 12 February of the following year in a 1−1 draw against the same opponents.[9]
On 6 June 2012, López was told that his contract would not be renewed by Málaga, and he would be free to start looking for a new club.[10] The following month, he signed with Getafe CF's reserves in division three; he continued competing in that tier in the following years, representing a host of teams.[11][12]
References
- Manu, Iván, Toribio y Javi López, con la Sub-21 española (Manu, Iván, Toribio and Javi López, with the Spanish under-21s); Málaga CF, 16 February 2010 (in Spanish)
- Lopez rescues point for Malaga; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
- Javi López: "Debutar en Primera con un gol es un sueño" (Javi López: "To make Primera debut and score is a dream"); Marca, 8 November 2009 (in Spanish)
- Atletico suffer Malaga loss; ESPN Soccernet, 31 January 2010
- Javi López, cedido a la Ponferradina (Javi López, loaned to Ponferradina); Málaga CF, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- El Villarreal B destroza a base de goles El Toralín (Villarreal B destroy El Toralín in the form of goals); Marca, 11 September 2010 (in Spanish)
- Javi López jugará cedido en el Real Jaén (Javi López will play on loan at Real Jaén); La Opinión de Málaga, 8 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- Vapuleo del Jaén a un Puertollano desconocido (Jaén steamroll unknown Puertollano); Diario de Cádiz, 19 September 2011 (in Spanish)
- Puertollano y Jaén firman un justo empate (Puertollano and Jaén sign fair draw); Diario de Cádiz, 13 February 2012 (in Spanish)
- Javi López: Veo lógico que el Málaga me de la baja (Javi López: I find it logical that Málaga let me go); La Opinión de Málaga, 6 June 2012 (in Spanish)
- «Si estoy en Segunda B después de debutar en Primera es porque algo he hecho mal» («I have done something wrong if I am in Segunda B after making debut in Primera»); La Verdad, 26 August 2015 (in Spanish)
- El Pontevedra busca dos refuerzos (Pontevedra looking to sign two); Faro de Vigo, 19 December 2018 (in Spanish)
External links
- Javi López at BDFutbol
- Javi López at Soccerway