Enrique "Kike" López Delgado (born 12 January 1988) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for UE Cornellà.

Club career

A product of

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

's youth system, López was born in Salamanca,

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

, and appeared in three first-team games in 2007–08 all as a late substitute. He would finish the season loaned to

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side

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and, after not being able to help prevent

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, scoring in the last minute of a 1–1 home draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona, he returned to Valladolid in July. Still in

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, López again appeared rarely for Valladolid in the 2008–09 campaign. Subsequently, he was sold to

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

in late July 2009, for three years, with the former club having an option to rebuy in the first two. In the following seasons, safe for the first half of 2011–12 with

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deporti ...

and the full

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with AD Alcorcón in the second tier, López competed exclusively in the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Kike 1988 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Salamanca Men's association football defenders Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Polideportivo Ejido footballers UD Salamanca players Villarreal CF B players CD Tenerife players AD Alcorcón footballers Cádiz CF players CD Alcoyano footballers CD Atlético Baleares footballers UD Ibiza players UD Melilla footballers UE Cornellà players