Marcos Johan López Lanfranco (born 20 November 1999) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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, and the Peru national team.

Club career

López started his professional career with San Martín in 2016. On 4 September 2017, he signed with Primera División club

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...

. In January 2019, López signed with

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. On 22 April 2020, López joined Reno 1868 on loan. On 8 August 2022,

announced that it had signed López on a four-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 11 August 2022 in a 3–0 win over

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. On August 22, 2024

club F.C. Copenhagen confirmed that they had hired López with an option to buy included, until June 2025.

International career

On 17 August 2018, he was called up by

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to the full Peru international squad for friendly matches against Germany and Holland. He made his Peru debut entering the field as a substitute for

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in the 67th minute against

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on 9 September 2018 at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sporting Cristal *

Peruvian Primera División The Peru First Division (; known simply as ''First Division'', and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since ...

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Feyenoord *

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: 2023–24 *

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Copenhagen *

: 2024–25 *

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: 2024–25

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* 1999 births Living people Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Men's association football defenders Peru men's international footballers Peru men's under-20 international footballers 2021 Copa América players 2024 Copa América players Peruvian Primera División players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Eredivisie players Danish Superliga players Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Sporting Cristal footballers Reno 1868 FC players San Jose Earthquakes players Feyenoord players F.C. Copenhagen players Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark {{Peru-footy-defender-stub