Borja_López
Borja López
Spanish footballer
Borja López Menéndez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈboɾxa ˈlopeθ]; born 2 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Belgian club S.V. Zulte Waregem.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Borja López Menéndez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zulte Waregem | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Llano 2000 | |||
| Xeitosa | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Sporting Gijón B | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sporting Gijón | 19 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Monaco | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Arouca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Barcelona B | 25 | (2) |
| 2016 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Hajduk Split | 51 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Sporting Gijón | 62 | (2) |
| 2022– | Zulte Waregem | 19 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Leganés (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spain U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:01, 3 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
He had two spells with Sporting de Gijón, totalling 81 games and two goals in the Segunda División as well as making three appearances for Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, and one for Barcelona on their way to winning the Copa del Rey in 2016–17. Abroad, he featured in a lone Ligue 1 match for Monaco while also playing in Croatia and Belgium.
Sporting Gijón
Born in Gijón, Asturias, López was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. On 18 December 2011 he made his senior debut for the B side, against Getafe CF B, and he went on to play one more Segunda División B match during the season, against UB Conquense.
López made his first-team debut on 1 November 2012, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win over CA Osasuna in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.[3] He made his Segunda División debut on the 16th, again starting but in a 2–3 home loss to SD Ponferradina.[4]
On 31 January 2013, López was promoted to the Asturians' main squad alongside Luis Hernández.[5]
Monaco
On 2 August 2013, López signed a four-year contract with high-spending AS Monaco FC of Ligue 1 for a €2.2 million fee.[6] He played three games for the principality team, his sole in the league being 20 minutes as a substitute for Marcel Tisserand in a 2–2 draw at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on 20 October.[7]
López was loaned to La Liga's Rayo Vallecano in late January 2014, until the end of the season.[8] He made his debut in the competition on 29 March, starting the 5–0 defeat at Real Madrid.[9]
On 29 January 2015, López moved to Deportivo de La Coruña on loan until June.[10] On 4 July, in the same situation, he joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club F.C. Arouca.[11]
Barcelona
On 29 January 2016, López joined FC Barcelona on a two-and-a-half-year deal, and was assigned to the reserves in the third division.[12] His only official appearance for the main squad took place on 30 November, when he played the entire 1–1 away draw with Hércules CF in the domestic cup.[13]
Later career
On 30 June 2017, López switched teams and countries again after signing for HNK Hajduk Split in Croatia.[14] On 6 August 2019, he returned to his first club Sporting on a free transfer.[15]
López agreed to a three-year contract at S.V. Zulte Waregem of the Belgian Pro League in June 2022.[16] On 1 February 2024, after making no appearances in the first half of the campaign, he returned to Spain and its second tier with CD Leganés, on loan.[17]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Sporting Gijón | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Monaco | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2013–14 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Deportivo (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arouca (loan) | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona B | 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||||
| Barcelona | 2016–17 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hajduk Split | 2017–18 | Croatian Football League | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 65 | 2 | ||||
| Sporting Gijón | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 62 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Zulte Waregem | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 190 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 8 | ||
- Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Barcelona
- "Acta del partido celebrado el 05 de enero de 2013, en Huelva" [Minutes of the match held on 5 January 2013, in Huelva] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- Borja López at AS.com (in Spanish)
- El Molinón sigue siendo un fortín (El Molinón still a fortress); Marca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- Los bercianos se adueñan de El Molinón (Bercians take over El Molinón); Marca, 16 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- Borja pasa a llevar el dorsal 20; Luis Hernández, el 2, y se van cedidos Iñigo Rodríguez y Raúl Rodrigo (Borja changes to number 20; Luis Hérnandez, 2, and Iñigo Rodríguez and Raúl Rodrigo leave on loan) Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Sporting Gijón, 31 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- "Résultat et résumé Sochaux – Monaco, Ligue 1, 10e journée, Dimanche 20 Octobre 2013" [Sochaux – Monaco result and report, Ligue 1, 10th matchday, Sunday 20 October 2013] (in French). L'Équipe. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- Borja López, cedido por el Mónaco al Rayo Vallecano (Borja López, loaned by Mónaco to Rayo Vallecano) Archived 19 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Rayo Herald, 29 January 2014 (in Spanish)
- "Goles para aguantar el chaparrón" [Goals to stem storm] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- Borja López aterriza mañana en A Coruña (Borja López lands tomorrow in A Coruña); Deportivo La Coruña, 29 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- "Borja Lopéz chega por empréstimo do Mónaco" [Borja López arrives on loan from Mónaco] (in Portuguese). F.C. Arouca. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- "Borja López signs for FC Barcelona B". FC Barcelona. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- "Otro petardazo del Barça" [Another firecracker from Barça] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- "Borja López se marcha al Hajduk Split" [Borja López goes to Hajduk Split] (in Spanish). Sport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- "Borja López ya es nuevo jugador del Sporting" [Borja López is already a new player of Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- "Borja López is trots om boer te zijn" [Borja López is proud to be a farmer] (in Dutch). Zulte Waregem. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- "El C.D. Leganés fortalece su defensa con la llegada de Borja López" [C.D. Leganés bolster their defense with the arrival of Borja López] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- Borja López at BDFutbol
- Borja López at Soccerway
- Borja López at FBref.com
- Borja López at BDFutbol
- Borja López at Soccerbase