Unai López

Unai López
Personal information
Full name Unai López Cabrera
Date of birth (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995
Place of birth Errenteria, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Leganés
Number 19
Youth career
Antiguoko
2010–2011 Real Sociedad
2011–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Basconia 21 (2)
2013–2016 Bilbao Athletic 73 (6)
2014– Athletic Bilbao 19 (0)
2016– → Leganés (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Spain U16 5 (2)
2013 Spain U18 1 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 12 (3)
2014– Spain U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2014
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.

Unai López Cabrera (born 30 October 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Leganés on loan from Athletic Bilbao as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Errenteria, Gipuzkoa, López joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2011 at the age of 14, from neighbouring Real Sociedad, after starting it out at Antiguoko.[1] He made his debuts as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 season in Tercera División, and in June 2013 was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.

On 2 July 2014, López was called up to the main squad by manager Ernesto Valverde for the Lions' pre-season matches.[2] In August he was also added in the B-list for the campaign's UEFA Champions League,[3] being assigned the number 29 jersey.

On 27 August 2014, López was named on the bench for the Champions League play-off match against S.S.C. Napoli.[4] In the following day he made his first-team debut, coming on as a substitute for Markel Susaeta in the 72nd minute of a 3–1 home win and also assisting Ibai Gómez in the third.[5]

On 26 July 2016, after a season back at the B-side in Segunda División, López was loaned to CD Leganés for one year.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "El Athletic ficha al cadete realista Unai López" [Athletic signs Real cadete Unai López]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "El canterano Unai López hará la pretemporada a las órdenes de Valverde" [Youth player Unai López will make the pre-season at the orders of Valverde]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kepa, Unai López y Aketxe, en la lista B para la Champions" [Kepa, Unai López and Aketxe, in the B-list for Champions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Athletic Club – SSC Napoli, alineaciones" [Athletic Club – SSC Napoli, lineups] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aduriz relishing Athletic's group stage adventure". UEFA.com. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Unai López, talento y juventud para la zona de creación" [Unai López, talent and youth for the creative zone] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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