Claudio López (footballer)
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| Full name | Claudio Javier López | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1974 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Río Tercero, Argentina | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Racing Club | 116 | (25) | |||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Valencia | 126 | (47) | |||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Lazio | 106 | (29) | |||||||||
| 2004–2007 | América | 87 | (27) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Racing Club | 34 | (10) | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Kansas City Wizards | 57 | (13) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 537 | (151) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Argentina Olympic | 17 | (7) | |||||||||
| 1995–2003 | Argentina | 55 | (10) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2010 |
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Claudio Javier López (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈklauðjo ˈlopes], born 17 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a forward.
López began his professional career with Estudiantes de La Plata in his native Argentina in 1990 as a 16-year-old. However, he moved to Racing the next year, where he would remain until he transferred in 1996 to Spanish club Valencia.
López remained with Valencia for five years, helping the team to be runner-up in the UEFA Champions League in the 1999–2000 season, when he was transferred to Lazio of Serie A for a sum of 35 million Euro. He was partnered with compatriot Hernán Crespo in the front-line. Unfortunately, López suffered from injury problems while at Lazio and was unable to fulfil the hopes that accompanied him, but Lazio fans still hold him in high regard because he scored beautiful goals. While in Lazio, in the UEFA Champions League season 2000–2001, he scored an Olympic goal (goal direct from a corner-kick) against Anderlecht in the Roman Olympic Stadium.
López joined Club América for the 2004 Apertura, where he played in 17 games, scoring four goals. The following season, Clausura 2005 brought better results, with López scoring a total of 14 goals overall and helping the team to its tenth League championship in its history. It was his first and only league championship with any team. Claudio was instrumental to the team's success, also helping them win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup by scoring two goals in the Final over Tecos UAG. He played the Fifa Club World Cup in 2006.
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