Nicolás López (footballer)

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Alonso.

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Nico López
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López warming up for Roma in 2012
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Federico López Alonso
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Youth career
2004–2010 Montevideo Wanderers
2010–2011 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Nacional 6 (3)
2012–2013 Roma 6 (1)
2013– Udinese 21 (2)
2014–2015 → Verona (loan) 24 (5)
2015–2016 → Granada (loan) 8 (0)
2016– → Nacional (loan) 10 (7)
International career‡
2013 Uruguay U20 16 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 30, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2013

Nicolás "Nico" Federico López Alonso (born 1 October 1993 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan club Nacional.

Club career

Early career

Nicknamed "El Conejo" (The Rabbit) or "El Diente" (The Tooth), López started his football career with Montevideo Wanderers, but was originally rejected after he was deemed not to be physically strong enough to play professionally. He successively joined the Nacional youth academy, where he turned into a very prolific striker and, more occasionally, left winger.[1]

On 24 April 2011, after being promoted as part of the first team under head coach Juan Ramón Carrasco, López made his debut at the age of 17 in a league game against Central Español, promptly scoring also his first senior goal.[1][2] In August 2011, he was involved in a feud with Nacional, after his father revealed the player was in Italy in order to hold talks with a number of unspecified Serie A sides, leading his Uruguayan club and the national federation to consider potential actions to the FIFA against the player.[3][4]

López ended his Nacional career with 3 goals in 6 games in all competitions.

Roma

López was acquired by Roma in the January 2012 transfer window, and then included in the Primavera under-19 squad for the rest of the season, scoring 15 times in 12 youth games.

López was taken into consideration as a first team player by new head coach Zdeněk Zeman, who included him in the senior roster for the pre-season camp and then featured him in a number of friendly games. López made his first team debut on 26 August 2012, replacing captain Francesco Totti in the final minutes of the first game of the Serie A season, a home match versus Catania, and promptly scored an injury time equaliser (the game ended 2–2). He also started the round of 16 cup match against Atalanta. Lopez played 7 times, scoring once in his first season in the Roma first team.

Udinese

On 13 July 2013, he joined Udinese with Valerio Verre.[5]

International career

López has represented Uruguay at Under-20 level, scoring 10 goals in his 16 caps. He played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, earning the Silver Ball award after scoring four goals.

References

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External links

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