Roberto López (footballer, born 2000)

Roberto López Alcaide (born 24 April 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for CD Tenerife, on loan from Real Sociedad.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Alcaide.
Roberto López
Personal information
Full name Roberto López Alcaide
Date of birth (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tenerife
(on loan from Real Sociedad)
Youth career
Amistad
2015–2018 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Real Sociedad C 5 (1)
2018–2022 Real Sociedad B 82 (18)
2019– Real Sociedad 21 (3)
2022–2023 → Mirandés (loan) 40 (7)
2023– → Tenerife (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Spain U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Spain U19 5 (1)
2020–2021 Spain U21 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2021

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, López joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2015, from UD Amistad.[1] During the 2017–18 season, while still a youth, he made his senior debut with the C-team in Tercera División.

On 20 June 2018, López renewed his contract until 2022 and was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.[2] On 7 December, after already being a regular starter for the B-side, he further extended his deal until 2025.[3]

López made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 14 January 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Luca Sangalli in a 3–2 home win against RCD Espanyol.[4] Definitely promoted to the main squad for 2020–21, he scored his first goal in the top tier on 13 September 2020 by netting the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Real Valladolid.[5] He returned the reserves to reinforce their squad after they were promoted to the Segunda División for the 2021–22 season.

On 27 June 2022, López was loaned to second division side CD Mirandés, for one year.[6] On 26 June of the following year, he moved to fellow league team CD Tenerife also in a season-long loan, with an obligatory buyout clause in case of promotion.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 July 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2018–19 Segunda División B 287——287
2019–20 267——267
Total 541400005414
Real Sociedad 2018–19 La Liga 1000—10
2019–20 3000—30
2020–21 173102[lower-alpha 1]0203
Total 2131020243
Career total 751710207817
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Roberto López marca tendencia" [Pioneering Roberto López] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. "La Real blinda a Roberto López hasta 2022" [Real tie up Roberto López until 2022] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. "Renueva hasta 2025" [Renew until 2025] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. "Imanol los pone en su sitio" [Imanol put them in their place] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. "Un regalo de Masip salva un punto para la Real Sociedad" [A gift from Masip saves a point for Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. "Cedido al CD Mirandés" [Loaned to CD Mirandés] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  7. "Cedido al CD Tenerife" [Loaned to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. Roberto López at BDFutbol
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