Ismael 'Isma' López Blanco (born 29 January 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a left winger.
Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, López signed for Athletic Bilbao in 2005 at the age of 15, going on to spend three full seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B. He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with Deportivo Aragón (Tercera División) and CD Lugo (third tier), helping the latter to promote to Segunda División after an absence of twenty years in his only season.
López returned to the Lions – who had retained a buyback option on the player – in the summer of 2012, being offered a two-year contract with a €30 million buyout clause.Ismael López vuelve al Athletic (Ismael López returns to Athletic); Vavel, 26 June 2012 (in Spanish) He scored twice on his official debut, helping to a 3–1 home win against NK Slaven Belupo in the UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round, on 8 August 2012 (4–3 aggregate victory).Isma López arponea al Slaven (Isma López spears Slaven) ; Deia, 3 August 2012 (in Spanish)
In July 2013, López cut ties with Athletic and signed a three-year deal with Sporting de Gijón.Isma López ya es jugador rojiblanco (Isma López is already a red-and-white player) ; Sporting Gijón, 18 July 2013 (in Spanish) During the 2014–15 campaign, he was converted into a left-back by manager Abelardo Fernández,Isma se reinventa en el lateral (Isma reinvents himself in the full-back); Marca, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish) appearing in 25 matches and scoring five goals as his team returned to La Liga after three years.
López terminated his contract with Sporting on 9 July 2018,Isma López causa baja en el Sporting (Isma López out at Sporting) ; Sporting Gijón, 9 July 2018 (in Spanish) and moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a contract with AC Omonia just hours later.Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Isma Lopez (Agreement in principle with Isma Lopez) ; AC Omonia, 9 July 2018 (in Greek) The following 29 January, he returned to Spain and its second division after joining CD Tenerife on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
On 1 September 2020, López was transferred to Romanian Liga I side FC Dinamo București. He left in December, due to unpaid wages.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBilbao Athletic2007–08Segunda División B257——2572008–09Segunda División B255——2522009–10Segunda División B313——313Total8115——8115Zaragoza B2010–11Tercera División3513——3513Lugo2011–12Segunda División B3471060417Athletic Bilbao2012–13La Liga800082162Sporting Gijón2013–14Segunda División20110102212014–15Segunda División25510—2652015–16La Liga31210—3222016–17La Liga27000—2702017–18Segunda División2702010300Total130850201378Omonia2018–19Cypriot First Division16220—182Tenerife2018–19Segunda División152——1522019–20Segunda División8020—100Total23220—252Dinamo București2020–21Liga I8010—90Racing Santander2020–21Segunda División B6000—60Career total3414711016236849
Honours Spain U17 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2007
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