Raúl López Gutiérrez (born 17 September 1976) is a Spanish retired
footballer who played as a
left back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
López was born in
Jerez de la Frontera,
Province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of conti ...
. Over the course of 14 seasons (13 complete, two separate spells) he represented
Cádiz CF
Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia.
Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...
, being the player with most competitive games for the
Andalusia side with exactly 400, 385 in league and 15 in the
Copa del Rey. He appeared with them in all of the three major
levels of Spanish football.
In
2005–06, López played in
La Liga with his main club, featuring in 27 matches and scoring in a 1–1 home draw against
Racing de Santander as the campaign eventually ended in relegation. In July 2011, aged almost 35, he left the
Estadio Ramón de Carranza and resumed his career in the lower leagues and amateur football.
Raúl López deja el Arcos (Raúl López leaves Arcos)
El Desmarque, 18 September 2014 (in Spanish)
References
External links
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Stats and bio at Cadistas1910
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Jerez de la Frontera
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Cádiz CF players
UD Melilla footballers
Racing de Ferrol footballers
San Fernando CD players
Racing Club Portuense players
Arcos CF players