Carlitos (footballer, born 1990)

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname 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)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Panathinaikos
Number 10
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 20 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2021

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] His first goal came in a 2–2 away draw against OFI Crete F.C. on 18 October.[10] The following weekend, he missed a penalty seconds before scoring through a header in the 1–1 home draw to Volos FC.[11]

Personal life

Carlitos' younger brother, Rubén, is also a footballer.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played on 31 October 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOther1Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ontinyent2011–12Segunda División B 28600——286
Petrotrest2012–13National Football League 20210——212
Fuenlabrada2013–14Segunda División B 23200——232
Eldense2015–16 331300——3313
Villarreal B2015–16 40———40
2016–17 3313———3313
Total 3713———3713
Wisła Kraków2017–18Ekstraklasa 362400——3624
Legia Warsaw2018–19 36163152104519
2019–20 2000620082
Total 381631114105321
Al Wahda2019–20UAE Pro League 9542——137
Panathinaikos2020–21Super League Greece 20600——206
Career total 25285831141026292

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

Honours

Individual

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. Papamakarios, Petros (18 October 2020). "ΟΦΗ – Παναθηναϊκός 2–2: Μακέντα ο λυτρωτής" [ΟFI – Panathinaikos 2–2: Macheda to the rescue] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  11. Papamakarios, Petros (24 October 2020). "Παναθηναϊκός – Βόλος 1–1: Οπισθοχώρησε και το πλήρωσε στο 90+2'" [Panathinaikos – Volos 1–1: They moved back and paid the price at 90+2'] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. "Rubio zawodnikiem Sandecji" [Rubio a Sandecja player] (in Polish). Sandecja Nowy Sącz. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  13. Carlitos at Soccerway
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