Jonathan 'Jony' López Rodríguez (born 17 April 1987) is a Spanish retired

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. Mainly a

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, he could also operate as a

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Club career

López was born in

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

, Asturias. A product of

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

's youth academy, he made 16

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 ...

appearances over his first two professional seasons; that total included three in 2007–08, as the club returned to

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after ten years. In the following campaign, López was loaned to FC Barcelona B who competed in the

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 returned to the El Molinón in June 2009, and continued to play with the reserves until his release. On 27 January 2011, after spending the first months of the season without a team, López signed with Candás CF from the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, coached by former Sporting player and B-side manager Abelardo Fernández. However, only a few months after arriving, he was forced to retire from football at the age of only 24, due to a serious

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injury he contracted whilst still with Sporting.Jony López estudia recurrir para lograr la invalidez (Jony López plans on appealing to be granted disability subsidy)
La Nueva España, 20 April 2012 (in Spanish)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Jony 1987 births Living people Footballers from Oviedo Spanish footballers Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players FC Barcelona Atlètic players