Raúl López Gómez (born 23 February 1993), also known as El Dedos, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Club career Youth López joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2008. He continued through Chivas Youth Academy successfully going through U-17 and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team, Benjamín Galindo was the coach promoting lópez to first team.
Guadalajara López made his professional debut for Guadalajara under coach Benjamín Galindo on 3 March 2013 in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.
Correcaminos UAT (loan) On 21 December 2013, he went out on loan to second division team Correcaminos UAT, for six months in order to gain experience and playing time.
Coras de Tepic (loan) The following season, López was again sent out on loan for six months, this time to Coras de Tepic. He had a great season and helped lead the squad to the 2014 Ascenso MX Apertura final; the squad ended up losing.
Guadalajara (return) After a great season with Coras and the Mexico national under-20 football team, López returned to Chivas and became a regular starter. On 1 March 2015 he scored his first career goal with Guadalajara in a 3–0 win against Monterrey. On 4 November 2015, Chivas beat León 1–0 in the Copa MX final.
Pachuca On June 8, 2016, Lopez joined Pachuca on loan. During his loan spell, Pachuca beat Tigres 2–1 on aggregate to win the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. He scored the first goal of the final, away at the Estadio Universitario, in a match that ended 1–1. On June 8, 2017, he was permanently signed for an undisclosed amount.
Toluca On 8 June 2020, Lopez joined Toluca for the 2020 Apertura.
Santos Laguna On 12 December 2022, Lopez signed for Santos Laguna.
International career Youth He was selected for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 18 September 2015, López was selected by coach Raul Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
Senior On 8 November 2015, López was called up to the senior national team to replace Paul Aguilar, who was injured.
Career statistics Club
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGuadalajara2012–13Liga MX4000——402013–140010——102014–1521100——2112015–1626200——262Total513100000523Correcaminos UAT (loan)2013–14Ascenso MX15150——201Coras de Tepic (loan)2014–15Ascenso MX13130——161Pachuca (loan)2016–17Liga MX2700010110281Pachuca2017–18Liga MX19060—202702018–1921180——2912019–2020140——241Total872180101301183Toluca (loan)2020–21Liga MX361———361Toluca2021–22312———3122022–23131———131Total804000000804Santos Laguna2022–23Liga MX161———1612023–24170—21—191Total331002100352Career total
International National team Year Apps GoalsMexico 2015 1 0 2017 6 0 Total 7 0
Honours Guadalajara Copa MX: Apertura 2015
Pachuca CONCACAF Champions League: 2016–17
Mexico Youth Central American and Caribbean Games: 2014 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2015
References
External links
Raúl López Gómez at Chivas de Corazon