Nayadet Zulema López Opazo (born 5 August 1994) is a

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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for Alavés Gloriosas. Born and raised in Spain to a Spanish father and a Chilean mother, she plays for the Chile women's national team.

Club career

López made her debut for Valencia B in 2009, at age 15. She was promoted to the first team in 2010, making her Primera División debut on 20 September. On 24 January 2013, she left Valencia due to discrepancies with the coach. She was signed by Segunda División club Hércules shortly after, being presented on February 15. The team was renamed back as Sporting Plaza de Argel a few months later, where López remained until 2016. She joined Santa Teresa in the 2016 summer. She suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament during a training on 6 December 2016, receiving medical discharge on 14 June 2017. In the second half of 2024, she joined Alavés Gloriosas.

International career

Due to her birthplace and her background, López was eligible to play for

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. She chose the latter and was called up for the first time in October 2019. She made her debut on 6 October 2019.

Personal life

López was born to a Chilean mother and a Spanish father in

Manises Manises (, ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Oest in the Valencian Community, Spain. Located in the province of Valencia, it had 30,693 inhabitants in 2018 (NSI) and is famous for its pottery and being the location of Valencia Airp ...

, Spain in 1994. She noticed that she could play for

through a journalist in

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. So, she started the naturalization process in 2018, what finished in 2019, but she couldn't take part in the squad for the 2019 World Cup due to the closeness with the start of it.

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