Enrique López Fernández (born 24 June 1994), known as Cadete or Kadete, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Cadete was born in Madrid, and made his senior debut with

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in the regional leagues. In 2012 he moved to AD Alcorcón, and spent one full season in the youth setup before featuring regularly for the reserves in Tercera División. On 18 June 2014, Cadete joined fellow fourth division side AD Unión Adarve. On 4 August of the following year, he signed for Atlético Astorga FC in

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, but left the club six days later after allegedly having discrepancies with the club's presidency. Cadete subsequently returned to Adarve, but moved to

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in July 2016. He left the latter in early September, and rejoined Adarve for a third stint, achieving promotion to the third division at the end of the season. On 29 May 2018, Cadete moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

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side Atlético San Luis. He made his professional debut on 21 July, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

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. Cadete scored his first professional goal on 18 August 2018, netting the opener in a 4–0 away routing of Celaya FC. On 7 April 2021,

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announced the signing of Cadete. On 22 July 2022 Melbourne Victory announced that they had signed Lopez for the upcoming season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

(2): Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cadete 1994 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División B players Tercera División players AD Alcorcón B players Atlético Astorga FC players Rayo Vallecano B players Melbourne Victory FC players Ascenso MX players Atlético San Luis footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Mexico