Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
López and the second or maternal family name is
Blanco .
Ismael 'Isma' López Blanco (born 29 January 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer . Mainly a left-back , he can also play as a left winger .
Club career
Born in Pamplona , Navarre , López signed for Athletic Bilbao in 2005 at the age of 15, going on to spend three full seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B .[ 1] He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with Deportivo Aragón (Tercera División ) and CD Lugo (third tier), helping the latter to promote to Segunda División after an absence of twenty years in his only season .[ 2]
López returned to the Lions – who had retained a buyback option on the player – in the summer of 2012, being offered a two-year contract with a € 30 million buyout clause .[ 3] He scored twice on his official debut, helping to a 3–1 home win against NK Slaven Belupo in the UEFA Europa League 's third qualifying round , on 8 August 2012 (4–3 aggregate victory).[ 4]
In July 2013, López cut ties with Athletic and signed a three-year deal with Sporting de Gijón .[ 5] During the 2014–15 campaign , he was converted into a left-back by manager Abelardo Fernández ,[ 6] appearing in 25 matches and scoring five goals as his team returned to La Liga after three years.[ 7]
López terminated his contract with Sporting on 9 July 2018,[ 8] and moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a contract with AC Omonia just hours later.[ 9] The following 29 January, he returned to Spain and its second division after joining CD Tenerife on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[ 10]
On 1 September 2020, López was transferred to Romanian Liga I side FC Dinamo București .[ 11] He left in December, due to unpaid wages.[ 12]
Career statistics
As of match played on 21 March 2021
Honours
Spain U17
References
^ "Tajonar, la cantera de España" [Tajonar, Spain's youth system] (in Spanish). Diario AS . 12 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022 .
^ "Isma López busca otra resurrección en Lugo" [Isma López looking for another resurrection in Lugo] (in Spanish). El Día . 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022 .
^ Ismael López vuelve al Athletic (Ismael López returns to Athletic) ; Vavel , 26 June 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Isma López arponea al Slaven (Isma López spears Slaven) Archived 21 January 2013 at archive.today ; Deia , 3 August 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Isma López ya es jugador rojiblanco (Isma López is already a red-and-white player) Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; Sporting Gijón, 18 July 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Isma se reinventa en el lateral (Isma reinvents himself in the full-back) ; Marca , 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
^ "El Sporting vence y logra el ascenso directo" [Sporting win and promote directly] (in Spanish). La Liga . 7 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020 .
^ Isma López causa baja en el Sporting (Isma López out at Sporting) Archived 27 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine ; Sporting Gijón, 9 July 2018 (in Spanish)
^ Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Isma Lopez (Agreement in principle with Isma Lopez) ; AC Omonia, 9 July 2018 (in Greek)
^ "Isma López, nuevo refuerzo blanquiazul" [Isma López, new white-and-blue addition] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019 .
^ "Isma López traspasado al Dinamo de Bucarest" [Isma López transferred to Dinamo Bucharest] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "Isma Lopez a plecat și el de la Dinamo și face dezvăluiri incredibile: "Ni s-a zis că secretara a greșit numărul contului! Au fost numai minciuni!" | VIDEO" [Isma Lopez also left Dinamo and makes incredible revelations: "We were told that the secretary had the wrong account number! Nothing but lies!" | VIDEO] (in Romanian). ProSport . 4 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Isma López: Ismael López Blanco" . BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 July 2018 .
^ a b "Isma López" . Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2018 .
^ "La selección española sub'17 se proclama campeona de Europa" [Spain under-17 national team are crowned European champions] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2020 .
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