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Diego López Rodríguez

Diego López
Diego Lopez autograph signing, Wigan Athletic v Villarreal CF, 7 August 2011.jpg
López signing autographs with Villarreal in 2011
Personal information
Full name Diego López Rodríguez
Date of birth (1981-11-03) 3 November 1981 (age 35)
Place of birth Paradela, Spain
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Espanyol
(on loan from Milan)
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.


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