Eduardo "Lalo" Fernández Lopez (born December 16, 1992) is a Mexican

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 a

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. Fernandez has dual citizenship with

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and the

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Career

On January 9, 2012, Fernández signed as a Home Grown Player with

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Fou ...

. Fernández was loaned to

USL Pro The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) as its premier league for men above USL League One. Operating under a f ...

club

Phoenix FC Phoenix FC was an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. The team was a member of the USL Pro, USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team's colors were red and white. History ...

in July 2013 and made his professional debut on July 12, 2013, against

Antigua Barracuda FC Antigua Barracuda were an Antiguan professional football team based in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Founded in 2010, the team played in USL Pro, the third tier of the United States soccer league system from 2011 to 2013. The team played ...

. On September 5, 2017, Fernández signed for

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

side

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

Personal

His father, Eduardo, was also a professional footballer playing as a goalkeeper in the Mexican first division.

Honours

Real Monarchs * USL Championship Regular Season Title:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

UANL *

: Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019

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Real Salt Lake profile
1992 births Living people Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican men's footballers Homegrown Players (MLS) Real Salt Lake players Phoenix FC players Real Monarchs players Tigres UANL footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USL Championship players 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-goalkeeper-stub