Alberto López Jiménez (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

Club career

Born in

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

, Andalusia, López joined

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

's youth categories in 2011 at the age of 15. He made his senior debut for the reserves on 3 November 2013, starting in a 1–1 Tercera División away draw against CD Español del Alquián. López scored his first senior goal on 19 April 2015, netting the game's only in an away success over

Vélez CF Vélez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Vélez-Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 22 September 1922 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Vivar Téllez' ...

. During the 2015–16 campaign, he contributed with 37 matches (all as a starter) and one goal as his side narrowly missed out promotion in the play-offs; he also acted as team

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during the season. On 19 July 2016, López was loaned to

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side

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 ...

for one year. After only featuring for the B-side 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 ...

, he moved to fellow third-tier club Real Murcia the following 31 January, also in a temporary deal. After appearing rarely, López returned to Málaga and its B-team. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 13 May 2018, coming on as a half-time substitute for Diego González in a 1–4 away loss against RCD Espanyol.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Alberto 1995 births Living people Footballers from Granada Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Atlético Malagueño players RCD Mallorca players Real Murcia CF players Málaga CF players Club Recreativo Granada players CD Lugo players