Isma López

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
Isma López
López warming up for Sporting Gijón in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ismael López Blanco
Date of birth (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Youth career
1995–2000 San Agustín
2000–2005 Osasuna
2005–2007 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Bilbao Athletic 81 (15)
2010–2011 Zaragoza B 35 (13)
2011–2012 Lugo 34 (7)
2012–2013 Athletic Bilbao 8 (0)
2013–2018 Sporting Gijón 130 (8)
2018–2019 Omonia 16 (2)
2019–2020 Tenerife 23 (2)
2020 Dinamo București 8 (0)
2021–2022 Racing Santander 22 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Spain U17 18 (4)
2008 Spain U19 8 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
U-17 World Cup
Runner-up 2007 Korea
European U-17 Championship
Winner 2007 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:58, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Ismael 'Isma' López Blanco (born 29 January 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a left winger.

Club career[edit]

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, López signed for Athletic Bilbao in 2005 at the age of 15, going on to spend three full seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B.[1] He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with Deportivo Aragón (Tercera División) and CD Lugo (third tier), helping the latter to promote to Segunda División after an absence of twenty years in his only season.[2]

López returned to the Lions – who had retained a buyback option on the player – in the summer of 2012, being offered a two-year contract with a €30 million buyout clause.[3] He scored twice on his official debut, helping to a 3–1 home win against NK Slaven Belupo in the UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round, on 8 August 2012 (4–3 aggregate victory).[4]

In July 2013, López cut ties with Athletic and signed a three-year deal with Sporting de Gijón.[5] During the 2014–15 campaign, he was converted into a left-back by manager Abelardo Fernández,[6] appearing in 25 matches and scoring five goals as his team returned to La Liga after three years.[7]

López terminated his contract with Sporting on 9 July 2018,[8] and moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a contract with AC Omonia just hours later.[9] The following 29 January, he returned to Spain and its second division after joining CD Tenerife on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[10]

On 1 September 2020, López was transferred to Romanian Liga I side FC Dinamo București.[11] He left in December, due to unpaid wages.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played on 21 March 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bilbao Athletic 2007–08[13] Segunda División B 25 7 — — 25 7
2008–09[13] Segunda División B 25 5 — — 25 2
2009–10[13] Segunda División B 31 3 — — 31 3
Total 81 15 — — 81 15
Zaragoza B 2010–11 Tercera División 35 13 — — 35 13
Lugo 2011–12[13] Segunda División B 34 7 1 0 6[a] 0 41 7
Athletic Bilbao 2012–13[13] La Liga 8 0 0 0 8[b] 2 16 2
Sporting Gijón 2013–14[13] Segunda División 20 1 1 0 1[a] 0 22 1
2014–15[13] Segunda División 25 5 1 0 — 26 5
2015–16[13] La Liga 31 2 1 0 — 32 2
2016–17[13] La Liga 27 0 0 0 — 27 0
2017–18[13] Segunda División 27 0 2 0 1[a] 0 30 0
Total 130 8 5 0 2 0 137 8
Omonia 2018–19[14] Cypriot First Division 16 2 2 0 — 18 2
Tenerife 2018–19[13] Segunda División 15 2 — — 15 2
2019–20[13] Segunda División 8 0 2 0 — 10 0
Total 23 2 2 0 — 25 2
Dinamo București 2020–21[14] Liga I 8 0 1 0 — 9 0
Racing Santander 2020–21[13] Segunda División B 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Career total 341 47 11 0 16 2 368 49
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours[edit]

Spain U17

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tajonar, la cantera de España" [Tajonar, Spain's youth system] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Isma López busca otra resurrección en Lugo" [Isma López looking for another resurrection in Lugo] (in Spanish). El Día. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ Ismael López vuelve al Athletic (Ismael López returns to Athletic); Vavel, 26 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Isma López arponea al Slaven (Isma López spears Slaven) Archived 21 January 2013 at archive.today; Deia, 3 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Isma López ya es jugador rojiblanco (Isma López is already a red-and-white player); Sporting Gijón, 18 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Isma se reinventa en el lateral (Isma reinvents himself in the full-back); Marca, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "El Sporting vence y logra el ascenso directo" [Sporting win and promote directly] (in Spanish). La Liga. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. ^ Isma López causa baja en el Sporting (Isma López out at Sporting); Sporting Gijón, 9 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Isma Lopez (Agreement in principle with Isma Lopez); AC Omonia, 9 July 2018 (in Greek)
  10. ^ "Isma López, nuevo refuerzo blanquiazul" [Isma López, new white-and-blue addition] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Isma López traspasado al Dinamo de Bucarest" [Isma López transferred to Dinamo Bucharest] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Isma Lopez a plecat și el de la Dinamo și face dezvăluiri incredibile: "Ni s-a zis că secretara a greșit numărul contului! Au fost numai minciuni!" | VIDEO" [Isma Lopez also left Dinamo and makes incredible revelations: "We were told that the secretary had the wrong account number! Nothing but lies!" | VIDEO] (in Romanian). ProSport. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Isma López: Ismael López Blanco". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Isma López". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  15. ^ "La selección española sub'17 se proclama campeona de Europa" [Spain under-17 national team are crowned European champions] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

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