Claudio López (footballer)
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| Full name | Claudio Javier López | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Río Tercero, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Racing Club | 116 | (25) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Valencia | 126 | (47) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Lazio | 106 | (29) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | América | 87 | (27) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Racing Club | 34 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Kansas City Wizards | 57 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 537 | (151) | ||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Argentina Olympic | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1995–2003 | Argentina | 55 | (10) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 April 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Claudio Javier López (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈklauðjo ˈlopes], born 17 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer.
He is known by the nickname "El Piojo", meaning "the louse", and is well known for his pace, dribbling skills and world class finishing.
Career
Early career
López began his professional career with Estudiantes de La Plata in his native Argentina in 1990 as a 16-year old. However, he moved to Racing the next year, where he would remain until he transferred in 1996 to Spanish club Valencia.
Europe
López remained with Valencia for five years, helping the team to be runner-up in the UEFA Champions League in the 1999–2000 season, when he was transferred to Lazio of Serie A for a sum of 35 million Euro.[citation needed] He was partnered with Hernán Crespo. Unfortunately, López suffered from injury problems while at Lazio, and was unable to fulfil the hopes that accompanied him, but the Lazio's fans consider López an idol, because he made great and beautiful goals. While in Lazio, in the UEFA Champions League season 2000–2001, he scored an Olympic goal (goal direct from a corner-kick) against Anderlecht in Olimpico Roma Stadium.
Mexico, return to Racing
López joined Club América for the 2004 Apertura, where he played in 17 games, scoring four goals. The following season, Clausura 2005 brought better results, with López scoring a total of 14 goals overall and helping the team to its tenth League championship in its history. It was his first and only league championship with any team. Claudio was instrumental to the team's success, also helping them win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup by scoring two goals in the Final over Tecos UAG.He played the Fifa Club World Cup in 2006.
In 2007 López returned to Racing, 11 years after his departure from the club, and the country. In most of those games, usually coming in as a late sub, López scored several important goals.
Major League Soccer
On 7 March 2008, it was announced López had signed with the Kansas City Wizards on a free transfer. López fell under the league's designated player qualification, which means only the first $415,000 of his salary counted against Kansas City Wizards’ team salary cap. He has since had his contract restructured to take him below designated player status. [1] He scored on his debut for Kansas City against DC United on 29 March 2008.
On 23 February 2010 the Argentine striker left after two seasons Kansas City Wizards.[2] "We would have liked to have Claudio back in 2010, but unfortunately it became clear early in the contract negotiations that we could not give him what he desired," Wizards Manager Peter Vermes said.[3]
López was later signed by league rivals Colorado Rapids on 2 April 2010.[4]
After the 2010 MLS season Colorado declined López's contract option and Lopez elected to participate in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. López became a free agent in Major League Soccer when he was not selected in the Re-Entry draft.
International
López had a distinguished career with Argentina. After winning a silver medal with the Under-23 team during the 1996 Summer Olympics, López made appearances in both the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He scored against Netherlands in the 1998 FIFA World Cup when he kicked the ball between Edwin van der Sar's legs to equalize in a game that Argentina lost 2-1.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 1992/93 | Racing | Primera División | 19 | 1 | ||||||
| 1993/94 | 36 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1994/95 | 26 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1995/96 | 35 | 18 | ||||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1996/97 | Valencia | La Liga | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 5 |
| 1997/98 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 12 | ||
| 1998/99 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 30 | ||
| 1999/00 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 54 | 17 | ||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2000/01[6] | Lazio | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 5 |
| 2001/02 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 12 | ||
| 2002/03 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 17 | ||
| 2003/04 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||
| Mexico | League | Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2004/05 | América | Primera División | 33 | 13 | ||||||
| 2005/06 | 30 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2006/07 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||
| Argentina | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2006/07 | Racing | Primera División | 18 | 5 | ||||||
| 2007/08 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||
| United States | League | Open Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2008 | Kansas City Wizards | Major League Soccer | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2009 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | ||||
| 2010 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Country | Argentina | 150 | 35 | |||||||
| Spain | 130 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 173 | 64 | ||
| Italy | 106 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 143 | 38 | ||
| Mexico | 75 | 21 | ||||||||
| United States | 68 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 525 | 145 | ||||||||
National team statistics
| Argentina national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 2 |
| 1998 | 12 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 2 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 55 | 10 |
Honours
- Copa del Rey: 1998–99
- Spanish Super Cup: 1999
- Italian Super Cup: 2000
- Coppa Italia: 2003–04
- Primera División de México: Clausura 2005
- Campeón de Campeones: 2004–2005
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2006
- Major League Soccer
- Eastern Conference Championship: 2010
- MLS Cup: 2010
See also
References
- ^ KC OnDemand.com Article Detail[dead link]
- ^ Claudio Lopez a Wizard no more | Sounders Insider – The News Tribune. Blog.thenewstribune.com (23 February 2010).
- ^ Wizards part ways with Claudio Lopez[dead link]
- ^ Colorado signs Argentine Claudio Lopez. Usatoday.Com (2 April 2010).
- ^ López.html Claudio López at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Stats do not include 1/2 in Supercoppa Italiana.
- ^ Claudio López at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- MLS player profile
- Guardian statistics
- Profile and statistics of Claudio López at Football Database
- Template:Es icon Racing Club's official website
- Template:Es icon Argentine Primera statistics
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