Diego López Aguilar (born 13 November 1983) is a Mexican football manager and former professional
footballer who played as a
defender.
He recently was the manager of
Chihuahua F.C.
Chihuahua Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional football team based in Chihuahua, Chihuahua that played in the Liga Premier de México.
History
In the summer of 2020 UACH F.C. was put on hiatus due to financial problems as a result of the impa ...
Career
López made his professional football debut during the
2008–09 Primera División A season
The format for the 2008–09 season changed from 2 groups of 12 to 3 groups of 9 teams. This gave the opportunity and the number increased from 24 to 27, many teams served as reserve teams from teams in D1.
Changes for the 2008–09 season
* Coat ...
, appearing in a fixture against eventual champions
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
on 16 November 2008 which Indios lost 2–4.
After retirement, in 2011, López became assistant manager to Alberto González at
UACH UACH may refer to:
* Austral University of Chile, Chilean research university
*Autonomous University of Chihuahua
, mottoeng = Strive to achieve, achieve to give
, established = 8 December 1954
, type = Public unive ...
.
In August 2016, after five years in the role, López was made manager after González's departure.
His first match in charge was a
Liga Premier
The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system.
The Malaysia Premier Le ...
loss to
Monterrey Premier on 14 August.
López moved into the role of
sporting director in June 2019.
Career statistics
Managerial statistics
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:López, Diego (footballer, born 1983)
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Chihuahua City
Mexican men's footballers
Mexican football managers
Men's association football defenders
Ascenso MX players
Liga Premier de México managers
Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers
Dorados Fuerza UACH managers