Luis Diego López
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Diego López Breijo | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | River Plate Montevideo | 37 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Racing Santander | 62 | (3) |
| 1998–2010 | Cagliari | 344 | (7) |
| Total | 443 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2005 | Uruguay | 32 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Cagliari (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Cagliari | ||
| 2014–2015 | Bologna | ||
| 2017 | Palermo | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luis Diego López Breijo (born 22 August 1974) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defender, and a current coach.
His career was intimately connected with Cagliari in Italy, for which he appeared in nearly 400 competitive games in 12 years. He later worked with the club as a manager, in several categories.
López represented Uruguay in two Copa América tournaments.
Born in Montevideo, López started playing professionally with local Club Atlético River Plate. Two years later he signed with Racing de Santander in Spain, playing in 39 La Liga games in his debut season but receiving nine yellow cards and three red in the process; in Cantabria, he shared teams with compatriots Fernando Correa and José Zalazar.
In 1998, López moved to Italy and joined Cagliari Calcio, freshly promoted to Serie A. During his first seven seasons with the Sardinian side, with the exception of his first year – only one match – he never appeared in less than 26 league contests and spent four years (2000–04) in the second division, also being eventually awarded team captaincy.
On 14 April 2009, following a tunnel brawl with ACF Fiorentina's Felipe Melo in a 1–2 away loss, López received – as the Brazilian – a five-match ban. In July, one month shy of his 35th birthday, he signed a one-year contract with Cagliari. In the 2009–10 campaign the veteran appeared in 18 league games his team again managed to avoid relegation, after finishing in 16th position.
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