Raúl López Gómez

Raúl López Gómez (born 23 February 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger and right-back for Liga MX club Toluca on loan from Pachuca.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Raúl López
Personal information
Full name Raúl López Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger / Right back
Club information
Current team
 Toluca
Number 3
Youth career
2008–2013 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Guadalajara 51 (3)
2014 → UAT (loan) 15 (1)
2014 → Coras (loan) 13 (1)
2016 → Pachuca (loan) 13 (0)
2017– Pachuca 79 (2)
2020– → Toluca (loan) 22 (0)
National team
2013 Mexico U-20 4 (1)
2015–2016 Mexico U-23 12 (3)
2015– Mexico 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021

Club career

Youth

López joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2008. He continued through Chivas Youth Academy successfully going through U-17 and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team, Benjamín Galindo was the coach promoting lópez to first team.[2]

Guadalajara

López made his professional debut under coach Benjamín Galindo on 3 March 2013 in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.[1]

Correcaminos UAT (loan)

In January 2014 he went sent out on loan to second division team Correcaminos UAT for six months in order to gain experience and playing time.

Coras de Tepic (loan)

The following season, López was again sent out on loan for six months, this time to Coras de Tepic. He had a great season and helped lead the squad to the 2014 Ascenso MX Apertura final; the squad ended up losing.

Guadalajara (return)

After a great season with Coras and the Mexico national under-20 football team, López returned to Chivas and became a regular starter. On 1 March 2015 he scored his first career goal with Guadalajara in a 3–0 win against Monterrey.

Pachuca

On June 8, 2016 Lopez was signed from Guadalajara for an undisclosed amount.[3]

Style of Play

Raúl López is one of Liga MX most solid and complete right-back. He is both technically gifted defensively and in attacking. He's able to do long runs on the side that many time lead with a cross and goal, and is a free kick specialist.

Career statistics
As of match played 24 July 2017
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 201510
201760
Total70

International career

Mexico U-23

On 18 September 2015, López was selected by coach Raul Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Mexico national team

On 8 November 2015, he was called up to the senior national team to replace Paul Aguilar, who was injured.

Honours

Club
Guadalajara
Pachuca

Mexico

References
  1. "Raúl López Profile". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
  2. "Raúl López Gómez". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Confirmed López New Player of Pachuca". Univision.com (in Spanish). UNIVISION. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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