Elías Sebastián López (born 8 July 2000) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Belgrano, on loan from
Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province
* Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province
* Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdi ...
.
Club career
López initially had short stints with the youth ranks of
Argentinos Juniors
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and Racing Villa Mercedes, prior to joining
River Plate's academy in 2010.
He, nine years later, was promoted into their senior set-up at the beginning of
2019–20, making his professional debut in a 1–1 draw at the
Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
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It ...
against Argentinos Juniors; picking up a yellow card as he played the full duration against his ex-club.
On 16 February 2021, López joined fellow league club
Godoy Cruz on a one-year loan with an option to purchase 50% of his pass. In January 2022, the deal was extended for one further year.
Elías López: “Volví a Godoy Cruz para seguir sumando minutos y experiencia”
vavel.com, 20 January 2022
International career
In 2017, López was called up by the Argentina U17s for the South American Championship in Chile. He appeared twice, in matches against Peru
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and Brazil
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. He had previously received a call-up for the U15s but didn't feature due to injury. In March 2019, López trained with the U20s.
Career statistics
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Elias
2000 births
Living people
People from Villa Mercedes, San Luis
Footballers from San Luis Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers
Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
21st-century Argentine sportsmen