Pablo López (footballer, born 1998)

Pablo César López Martínez (born 7 January 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis on loan from Pachuca.

Pablo López
Personal information
Full name Pablo César López Martínez
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998
Place of birth Querétaro, Mexico[1]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Atlético San Luis
Number 17
Youth career
2012– Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Pachuca 30 (3)
2020–Atlético San Luis (loan) 13 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Mexico U17 7 (2)
2017 Mexico U20 7 (0)
2019– Mexico U23 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 September 2020

Club career

López made his Liga MX debut against América on 19 November 2016, and made his Copa MX debut against Atlético San Luis on 17 February 2016.[2]

When midfielder Érick Gutiérrez joined Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven in 2018, López became his replacement.[3][4] He scored his first goal in the professional ranks in September against Guadalajara.[4] He started 20 games overall during the 2018–19 season.

International career

He was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the Mexico national under-23 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[5] Mexico won third place at the tournament.[6] He was called up by Lozano again for the 2019 Pan American Games.[7] With Mexico winning the third-place match, Mexico received the bronze medal for the tournament.[8]

Honours

International

Mexico Youth

References

  1. Pablo López at Soccerway
  2. "Pablo César López Martínez #288 OC". LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol.
  3. Garrido, José María (1 September 2018). "Pablo López es el heredero de 'Guti' con Pachuca" (in Spanish). ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. Guerrero Atilano, Rubén (16 October 2018). "Pablo López: la próxima gran joya de Pachuca" (in Spanish). Milenio. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  6. "Mexico clinch third place in 2019 Toulon Tournament after win on penalty kicks". Fmfstateofmind.com. 15 June 2019.
  7. "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
  8. "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".


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