Iván López (footballer, born 1990)

Iván Edgardo López Cano (born 5 October 1990) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a midfielder for F.C. Motagua and the Honduras national team.[1]

Iván López
Personal information
Full name Iván Edgardo López Cano
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990
Place of birth San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Motagua
Youth career
Platense Junior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Villanueva
Yoro
2014–2015 Parrillas One 35 (16)
2016–2021 Real España 118 (25)
2021– Motagua 0 (0)
National team
2018– Honduras 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:20, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

López had a youth stint with Platense Junior, before playing at senior level in tier two for Villanueva and Yoro.[2] He began featuring for Parrillas One in Liga Nacional from the 2014–15 campaign.[1] He scored on his debut for the club, netting a late goal in a 3–2 defeat away to Real España on 1 August 2014.[1] He followed that with fifteen further goals that season, including a brace over Victoria in September.[1] Midway through the next campaign, in January 2016, López completed a move to top-flight side Real España.[1] He scored twenty-one times in one hundred appearances across three seasons, with Real España winning the 2017–18 Apertura in the process.[1][3]

International career

In June 2018, López was called up by the Honduras national team.[1][4] He subsequently won two caps for his country, coming off the substitutes bench in friendly matches with South Korea and El Salvador.[1] López made the preliminary squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, though was cut from the final squad.[5][6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 June 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Parrillas One 2014–15 Liga Nacional 351600003516
Real España 2015–16 155003[lower-alpha 1]0185
2016–17 336008[lower-alpha 1]2418
2017–18 3160010[lower-alpha 1]2418
2018–19 398002[lower-alpha 2]04[lower-alpha 1]0458
Total 11825002025414529
Career total 15341002025418045
  1. Appearance(s) in the Liga Nacional play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF League

International

As of 6 June 2019[4]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Honduras 201820
Total20

Honours

Real España[4]

References

  1. "Honduras - I. López". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. "Real España anuncia fichaje del Chino López". La Prensa. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. "Iván Chino López no se olvida del Parrillas One y llega a entrenamiento". Diez. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. "Ivan López". NFT. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "La convocatoria de Honduras para amistosos ante Brasil y Paraguay en Sudamérica". Diez. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. "Final 23-Player Rosters Announced for 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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