Alejandro 'Álex' López de Groot (born 18 September 1993) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in Calafell,

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, to a Dutch mother and a Spanish father. He is a grandson of Dutch cyclist

Daan de Groot Daniël ("Daan") de Groot (25 May 1933 – 8 January 1982) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. In the 1952 Olympics, De Groot was elimin ...

. López graduated with

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

's youth setup, after a short stint at

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. He made his debuts as a senior in the 2011–12 campaign, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. On 3 July 2014, after scoring 12 goals during the previous season López moved to Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third tier. On 17 May of the following year, he scored five goals in an 8–2 away routing of

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, taking his tally up to 11. On 26 July 2015, López signed a four-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, newly promoted to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. He made his professional debut on 23 August, starting in a 2–2 home draw against Albacete Balompié. López scored his first professional goal on 10 October 2015, netting the equalizer in a 2–2 draw at SD Ponferradina. On 8 October of the following year, he scored a brace in a 4–4 away draw against Elche CF. On 10 July 2017, López was transferred to

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

, freshly relegated to the third tier. On 7 August 2019, after achieving two consecutive promotions with the club, he was loaned to second division side Extremadura UD for one year.

References

External links

Gimnàstic official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Alex 1993 births Living people People from Baix Penedès Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Spanish people of Dutch descent Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players CF Reus Deportiu players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers RCD Mallorca players Extremadura UD footballers