# Luis López (footballer, born 1987)

Luis Eduardo López (born 23 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Atlanta.

## Career

López's career got underway with Temperley during the 2008–09 Primera B Metropolitana campaign, a season he scored seven goals in; the first coming against Atlanta on 10 October 2008. In total, he scored twenty-one times in his first three seasons with Temperley. In August 2011, Primera B Nacional team Almirante Brown loaned López. Six appearances in all competitions followed. He returned to Temperley for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons and subsequently netted twenty-eight goals, seventeen in 2013–14 which ended with promotion to the 2014 Primera B Nacional.
On 12 February 2015, following Temperley's promotion to the Argentine Primera División, López departed to Colombian football to play for Atlético Junior on loan. He scored his first goal for Junior on his debut appearance versus Barranquilla in the Copa Colombia on 29 March. A year later, López found himself out on loan once more - to Tristán Suárez in Primera B Metropolitana. Twelve goals followed in his first two campaigns, prior to Tristán Suárez signing him permanently ahead of the 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana season. On 29 April 2019, it was announced that his contract had been terminated.
López completed a move to Atlanta on 20 June 2019. López left Atlanta in February 2021 to join Defensores de Belgrano, where he played for the rest of 2021. In January 2022, López moved to Deportivo Morón. However, he left the club again a few months later, after terminating his contract and on 31 May 2022, he signed a deal with his former club, Temperley.

## Career statistics

    As of 21 June 2019.
Club statistics :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Temperley | 2011–12 | Primera B Metropolitana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Temperley | 2012–13 | Primera B Metropolitana | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 |
| Temperley | 2013–14 | Primera B Metropolitana | 33 | 14 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 38 | 17 |
| Temperley | 2014 | Primera B Nacional | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Temperley | 2015 | Primera División | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Temperley | 2016 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Temperley | 2016–17 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Temperley | Total | Total | 87 | 28 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 92 | 31 |
| Almirante Brown (loan) | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlético Junior (loan) | 2015 | Categoría Primera A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Tristán Suárez (loan) | 2016 | Primera B Metropolitana | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Tristán Suárez (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera B Metropolitana | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
| Tristán Suárez | 2017–18 | Primera B Metropolitana | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 29 | 12 |
| Tristán Suárez | 2018–19 | Primera B Metropolitana | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
| Tristán Suárez | Total | Total | 93 | 31 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 97 | 31 |
| Atlanta | 2019–20 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 191 | 60 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 204 | 64 |
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs
* ↑ Appearance(s) in the Categoría Primera A play-offs

## Honours
### Atlético Junior

* Copa Colombia: 2015