López signing autographs with Villarreal in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego López Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Paradela, Spain | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Espanyol (on loan from Milan) |
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Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1999 | Lugo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | Lugo | 2 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Real Madrid C | 41 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Alcorcón (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Real Madrid B | 41 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Real Madrid | 2 | (0) |
2007–2012 | Villarreal | 171 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Sevilla | 8 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Real Madrid | 52 | (0) |
2014– | Milan | 36 | (0) |
2016– | → Espanyol (loan) | 17 | (0) |
National team | |||
2009 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
2005 | Galicia | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2017. |
Diego López Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈlopeθ]; born 3 November 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol on loan from Italian club A.C. Milan as a goalkeeper.
After spending seven years under contract with Real Madrid, in representation of its various teams, he made a name for himself in La Liga with Villarreal, appearing in 230 official games over the course of five seasons. In 2013, following a brief spell with Sevilla, he returned to Real Madrid.
López represented Spain at the 2009 Confederations Cup.
López was born in Paradela, Lugo, Galicia. A youth graduate from hometown's CD Lugo he moved to Real Madrid at almost 19 and, after a loan at another side from the capital, AD Alcorcón, he eventually moved up to Real's B-team, starting in his second season, which ended in Segunda División promotion.
López served as first-team backup to Iker Casillas in the following two La Liga campaigns: in the closing stages of 2005–06 campaign he appeared in back-to-back away wins, against CA Osasuna (as Casillas was sent off) and Racing de Santander, adding a UEFA Champions League group stage game at Olympiakos FC, a 1–2 defeat.