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Diego López

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Born
2002 (22 years old)

Birth Place

Turón, Spain

Position
Left Wing

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
16

Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

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Team
Valencia

2nd Team
Spain U23

League
Spanish La Liga

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Diego López Noguerol (born 13 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as either a right winger or a forward for La Liga club Valencia CF.

Club career
Early career
Born in Turón, Mieres, Asturias, López began playing football at the youth academy of FC Figueiredo where he scored more than 150 goals, and then Xeitosa CF where he scored 54 goals in his single season with them. His goalscoring earned him a move to the youth academy of Sporting de Gijón, followed by a short stint with Real Madrid, and finally moving to FC Barcelona in 2018.

Valencia
On 7 July 2021, after finishing his formation, López joined Valencia CF and was initially assigned to moved to the reserves in Tercera División RFEF. He missed the opening matches of the season due to an injury, and made his senior debut on 8 October 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Fran Pérez and scoring a brace in a 5–0 home routing of UD Benigànim.

López helped the B-side in their promotion to Segunda Federación with nine goals, and made his professional – and La Liga – debut with Valencia on 29 August 2022, replacing Toni Lato late into a 1–0 loss to Atlético Madrid. He scored his first goal in the top tier on 21 May of the following year, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over Real Madrid.

On 14 August 2023, López renewed his contract with the Che until 2026, being definitely promoted to the main squad.

Season Stats
16 appearances in the current 2024-2025 Season
2 goals scored in the current 2024-2025 Season