Personal information | |||
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Full name | Borja López Menéndez | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Barcelona B | ||
Youth career | |||
Llano 2000 | |||
Xeitosa | |||
Sporting Gijón | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Sporting B | 10 | (0) |
2013 | Sporting Gijón | 19 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Monaco | 1 | (0) |
2014 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Arouca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016– | Barcelona B | 22 | (2) |
2016– | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2012 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
2013 | Spain U19 | 8 | (0) |
2012 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017. |
Borja López Menéndez (born 2 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central defender.
Born in Gijón, Asturias, López was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. On 18 December 2011 he made his senior debut for the B-side, against Getafe CF B, and he went on to play one more third division match during the season, against UB Conquense.
López made his first-team debut on 1 November 2012, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CA Osasuna for the campaign's Copa del Rey. He made his second level debut on the 16th, again starting but in a 2–3 home loss to SD Ponferradina.
On 31 January 2013, López was promoted to the Asturians' first team alongside Luis Hernández. On 2 August, however, he signed a four-year deal with high-spending AS Monaco FC in Ligue 1, for a €2.2 million fee.
López was loaned to La Liga's Rayo Vallecano in late January 2014, until the end of the season. He made his debut in the competition on 29 March, starting in a 0–5 defeat at Real Madrid.