Pedro López Rodríguez (born 21 January 1997) is a Spanish

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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Club career

Born in

Lugo Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...

, Galicia, López was a

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

youth graduate. He was promoted to the farm team ahead of the 2016–17 season, and made his senior debut on 28 August 2016 by starting in a 2–0

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 ...

home win against Xallas FC. López made his first team debut on 21 August 2017, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. He scored his first senior goal on 7 October 2018, netting Polvorín's only goal in a 1–2 home loss against CD Boiro. On 9 July 2019, López was loaned 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 ...

side

Unionistas de Salamanca CF Unionistas de Salamanca Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013, the club plays in , holding home games at ''Campo de Fútbol Municipal Reina Sofía'' with a 4895- ...

for the season. Upon returning, he featured rarely before leaving the club on 26 January 2022 by mutual agreement.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Pedro 1997 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Lugo Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Polvorín FC players CD Lugo players Unionistas de Salamanca CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen