Borja López

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Menéndez.
Borja López
Personal information
Full name Borja López Menéndez[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 5
Youth career
Llano 2000
Xeitosa
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Sporting Gijón B 10 (0)
2013 Sporting Gijón 19 (0)
2013–2016 Monaco 1 (0)
2014 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 3 (0)
2015 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Arouca (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Barcelona B 25 (2)
2016 Barcelona 0 (0)
2017–2019 Hajduk Split 39 (2)
2019– Sporting Gijón 23 (2)
National team
2012 Spain U18 2 (0)
2013 Spain U19 8 (0)
2012 Spain U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020

Borja López Menéndez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈboɾxa ˈlopeθ]; born 2 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Sporting Gijón .

Club career[]

Born in Gijón, Asturias, López was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. On 18 December 2011 he made his senior debut for the B side, against Getafe CF B, and he went on to play one more third division match during the season, against UB Conquense.

López made his first-team debut on 1 November 2012, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CA Osasuna in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.[2] He made his second level debut on the 16th, again starting but in a 2–3 home loss to SD Ponferradina.[3]

On 31 January 2013, López was promoted to the Asturians' first team alongside Luis Hernández.[4] On 2 August, however, he signed a four-year contract with high-spending AS Monaco FC of Ligue 1 for a €2.2 million fee.[5]

López was loaned to La Liga's Rayo Vallecano in late January 2014, until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 29 March, starting in a 0–5 defeat at Real Madrid.[7]

On 29 January 2015, López moved to Deportivo de La Coruña on loan until June.[8] On 4 July, in the same situation, he joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club F.C. Arouca.[9]

On 29 January 2016, López joined FC Barcelona on a two-and-a-half-year deal, and was assigned to the reserves in the third division.[10] His first and only official appearance for the main squad took place on 30 November, when he played the entire 1–1 away draw against Hércules CF for the domestic cup.[11]

On 30 June 2017, López switched teams and countries again after signing for HNK Hajduk Split in Croatia.[12] On 6 August 2019, he returned to his first club Sporting on a free transfer.[13]

Career statistics[]

As of match played on 9 July 2020
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting B 2010–11[14] Segunda División B 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2011–12[14] Segunda División B 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2012–13[14] Segunda División B 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Total 10 0 — — — — 10 0
Sporting Gijón 2012–13[14] Segunda División 19 0 2 0 — — — 21 0
Monaco 2013–14[15] Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2014–15[15] Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 — — 3 0
Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2013–14[14] La Liga 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
Deportivo (loan) 2014–15[14] La Liga 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Arouca (loan) 2015–16[15] Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 3 0 — — 3 0
Barcelona B 2015–16[14] Segunda División B 10 0 — — — — 10 0
2016–17[14] Segunda División B 15 2 — — — 2[a] 0 17 2
Total 25 2 — — — 2 0 27 2
Barcelona 2016–17[14] La Liga 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hajduk Split 2017–18[15] First Football League 28 2 3 0 — 5[b] 0 — 36 2
2018–19[15] First Football League 23 0 1 0 — 4[b] 0 — 28 0
2019–20[15] First Football League 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 — 1 0
Total 51 2 4 0 — 10 0 — 65 2
Sporting Gijón 2019–20[14] Segunda División 12 2 1 0 — — — 13 2
Career total 121 6 8 0 5 0 10 0 2 0 146 6
  1. ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours[]

Barcelona

References[]

  1. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 05 de enero de 2013, en Huelva" [Minutes of the match held on 5 January 2013, in Huelva] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ El Molinón sigue siendo un fortín (El Molinón still a fortress); Marca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Los bercianos se adueñan de El Molinón (Bercians take over El Molinón); Marca, 16 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Borja pasa a llevar el dorsal 20; Luis Hernández, el 2, y se van cedidos Iñigo Rodríguez y Raúl Rodrigo (Borja changes to number 20; Luis Hérnandez, 2, and Iñigo Rodríguez and Raúl Rodrigo leave on loan) Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Sporting Gijón, 31 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Ligue 1: Monaco sign Spain under-19 international Borja Lopez from Sporting Gijon; Sky Sports, 2 August 2013
  6. ^ Borja López, cedido por el Mónaco al Rayo Vallecano (Borja López, loaned by Mónaco to Rayo Vallecano) Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine; Rayo Herald, 29 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Goles para aguantar el chaparrón" [Goals to stem storm] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ^ Borja López aterriza mañana en A Coruña (Borja López lands tomorrow in A Coruña); Deportivo La Coruña, 29 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Borja Lopéz chega por empréstimo do Mónaco" [Borja López arrives on loan from Mónaco] (in Portuguese). F.C. Arouca. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Borja López signs for FC Barcelona B". FC Barcelona. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Otro petardazo del Barça" [Another firecracker from Barça] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Borja López se marcha al Hajduk Split" [Borja López goes to Hajduk Split] (in Spanish). Sport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Borja López ya es nuevo jugador del Sporting" [Borja López is already a new player of Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Borja López: Borja López Menéndez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Borja López". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

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