Hernán López (footballer)
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Hernán López Muñoz (born 7 September 2000) is an Argentine professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as an
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or
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for
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, on loan from
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.


Career

López played for Dublin United Soccer League (DUSL), Juventud de Devoto, Agronomía, Cultural de Tapiales and
Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
at youth level in his hometown
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,
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. He lived in Positano Parkway, Dublin, before joining the academy ranks of Primera División side River Plate in 2014; where he'd notably win the
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in back-to-back years from 2016. His breakthrough into senior football came on the final day of the 2018–19 campaign, with Marcelo Gallardo selecting the midfielder off the bench in a Primera División fixture versus Tigre on 7 April 2019. He came on with thirty-one minutes left in place of
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, prior to scoring for 2–2 with four minutes remaining; though Tigre went on to win. On 25 April 2024, López signed with
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side
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. On 5 July 2025, López returned to Argentina to join
Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
on loan for 18 months with an option to buy.


Personal life

López is a great-nephew of the Argentine international footballer
Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two ...
. His paternal great-grandfather Diego Maradona "Chitoro" (1927–2015), who worked at a chemicals factory, was of
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(Indigenous) and
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( Galician) descent, and his paternal great-grandmother Dalma Salvadora Franco, "Doña Tota" (1929–2011), was of
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descent.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Hernan 2000 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers San Jose Earthquakes players The Town FC players Argentinos Juniors footballers Argentine people of Guaraní descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine people of Basque descent Maradona family Designated Players (MLS) Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 21st-century Argentine sportsmen