Carlitos (footballer, born 1990)

Carlos Daniel López Huesca (born 12 June 1990), commonly known as Carlitos, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek club Panathinaikos F.C.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Huesca.

Carlitos

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Daniel López Huesca
Date of birth	(1990-06-12) 12 June 1990
Place of birth	Alicante, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Panathinaikos
Youth career
1998–	Alicante
	Hércules
	Torrellano
	Murcia
	Torrellano
2008–2009	Elche[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Torrellano Illice	32	(2)
2011–2012	Ontinyent	28	(6)
2012–2013	Petrotrest	20	(2)
2013–2014	Fuenlabrada	23	(2)
2014–2015	Novelda	20	(13)
2015	Aris Limassol	9	(2)
2015–2016	Eldense	33	(13)
2016–2017	Villarreal B	37	(13)
2017–2018	Wisła Kraków	36	(24)
2018–2019	Legia Warsaw	38	(16)
2019–2020	Al Wahda	9	(5)
2020–	Panathinaikos	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2020

Club career

Carlitos was born in Alicante, Valencian Community. He played youth football for a number of clubs, and made his debut as a senior in Tercera División, with Torrellano Illice CF.[2]

Carlitos spent the 2011–12 season with neighbouring Ontinyent CF, in Segunda División B. In the summer of 2012 he moved abroad, going on to make his first appearances as a professional with FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg in the National League of Russia.[3]

In January 2015, as he was top scorer with fourth level club Novelda CF, Carlitos joined Aris Limassol FC in the Cypriot Second Division.[4] In the summer, after helping to promotion, he returned to his country and signed for CD Eldense.

On 22 June 2017, Carlitos left Villarreal CF B and moved to Polish club Wisła Kraków.[5] In his first season in the Ekstraklasa, he won the Player of the Season as well as the Striker of the Season awards[6] after finishing top scorer with 24 goals in 36 matches.[7]

On 9 September 2019, Carlitos joined UAE Pro-League's Al Wahda FC from Legia Warsaw for €1.8 million.[8] On 28 January 2020, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Greek club Panathinaikos F.C. for an undisclosed fee.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played on 16 December 2019[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other^1		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ontinyent	2011–12	Segunda División B	28	6	0	0	—				28	6
Petrotrest	2012–13	National Football League	20	2	1	0	—				21	2
Fuenlabrada	2013–14	Segunda División B	23	2	0	0	—				23	2
Eldense	2015–16	Segunda División B	33	13	0	0	—				33	13
Villarreal B	2015–16	Segunda División B	4	0	—						4	0
	2016–17	Segunda División B	33	13	—						33	13
	Total		37	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	13
Wisła Kraków	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	36	24	0	0	—				36	24
Legia Warsaw	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	36	16	3	1	5	2	1	0	45	19
	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	2	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	8	2
	Total		38	16	3	1	11	4	1	0	53	21
Al Wahda	2019–20	UAE Pro League	9	5	4	2	—				13	7
Career totals			228	81	8	3	11	4	1	0	248	88

¹ Including Polish SuperCup.

Honours

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Top Scorer: 2017–18 (24 goals)[7]

References

1. "Fútbol base juveniles" [Youth system juveniles] (in Spanish). Elche CF. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
2. Campoy, Borja (16 November 2012). "Carlitos López busca goles por Rusia" [Carlitos López searches goals in Russia]. Diario Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2017.
3. "Carlos López deja el Ontinyent y se va a jugar al Petrotrest ruso" [Carlos López leaves Ontinyent and goes to play with Russia's Petrotrest] (in Spanish). Planeta Fichajes. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
4. Jiménez, Juan F. (27 January 2015). "Carlitos deja el Novelda para firmar por el Aris Limassol" [Carlitos leaves Novelda to sign for Aris Limassol]. Diario Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
5. "Carlitos piłkarzem Wisły" [Carlitos a Wisła player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
6. "Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2017/18" [Ekstraklasa awards for the 2017/18 season] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
7. "LOTTO Ekstraklasa 2017/18 – tabela strzelców" [LOTTO Ekstraklasa 2017/18 – scorers table] (in Polish). Sport.onet. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
8. Monaghan, Matt (9 September 2019). "Al Wahda complete long-awaited swoop for Legia Warsaw forward Carlitos". Sport 360. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
9. Nicolaides, Shaun (28 January 2020). "Carlitos officially signs with Panathinaikos". Agona Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
10. Carlitos at Soccerway

External links

• Carlitos at BDFutbol
• Carlitos at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Carlitos at 90minut.pl (in Polish)