Angel Damián López Samaniego (born 13 May 1995) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

López Samaniego started his career with

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. His professional debut arrived on 21 March 2015 during a 1–2 win against

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, appearing for fifty-one minutes prior to being substituted for Isaac Suárez; a further nine appearances arrived in

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. He scored his first goal in the subsequent 2016 season, netting in an away fixture with

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on 6 May. In 2018, López Samaniego began featuring for Intersoccer Madrid in Spain's Segunda de Aficionados; the seventh tier of the country's

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. He scored two goals in nine fixtures during 2018–19, though departed mid-season. A return to Argentina with

was completed in January 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Samaniego, Damian 1995 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Primera B Metropolitana players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players UAI Urquiza players Defensores Unidos footballers