Pablo López Vidal (born 21 September 1977) is a Spanish retired

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who played mainly as a

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, and the current

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Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

Playing career

Born in

A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...

, Galicia, López represented Orillamar SD and

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

as a youth, but made his senior debut with Imperátor OAR in the 1996–97 season, achieving promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. In 1997, he moved straight to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

, after signing with

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

. In 1999, López joined

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

and was assigned to the reserves in the fourth division. He helped the side to a promotion to the third level in

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, and moved to

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games a ...

in that category in 2003. On 25 June 2006, López agreed to a contract with Real Oviedo also in division three. On 23 July of the following year, after suffering relegation, he signed for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. On 8 July 2008, López was presented at SD Ciudad de Santiago still in the third level, but moved to fellow league team Montañeros CF on 15 August of the following year. In 2012, he joined fourth division side CD As Pontes, and retired with the club in July 2014, aged 37; he immediately became their sporting director.

Managerial career

On 11 June 2015, López was named manager of As Pontes. He left the club in June 2016 to join

as the manager of the ''Juvenil B'' squad, before becoming an assistant of

Clarence Seedorf Clarence Clyde Seedorf (; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch former professional Association football, football manager and player. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. He is currently working primarily remotely as ...

in the main squad in February 2018. López followed Seedorf to the Cameroon national team also as his assistant in September 2018, before joining Emilio Larraz's staff at

in July 2020, under the same role. He was also an analyst at the latter side during the 2023–24 season before departing the club. On 5 November 2024, López was appointed manager of Primera Federación side Ourense CF. He left the club the following 4 June to return to Racing, being named manager of the side freshly relegated to division three.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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Pablo López manager profile
at BDFutbol * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Pablo 1977 births Living people Footballers from A Coruña Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Pontevedra CF footballers RC Celta Fortuna players CD Ourense footballers Real Oviedo players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Spanish football managers Primera Federación managers Tercera División managers Ourense CF managers Racing de Ferrol managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon