Michael Steven López (born 19 August 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Finnish club Oulu.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Steven López | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Lomas de Zamora, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Oulu | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Banfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Banfield | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Defensores de Belgrano (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Fénix (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2021 | Minsk | 24 | (7) |
| 2022– | Oulu | 22 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2022 | |||
López first appeared in the first-team of Argentine Primera División side Banfield in May 2017, as an unused substitute for a Copa Argentina match against Chaco For Ever.[2] On 14 October, López made his professional debut in the Primera División against Estudiantes, coming on as a late substitute for Darío Cvitanich.[2][3] After a second appearance versus Colón two weeks later, López made his first start in a league match with San Lorenzo on 4 November.[2][4] His first senior goal arrived on 18 July 2018 in a Copa Argentina round of sixty-four defeat against General Lamadrid of Primera C Metropolitana.[2]
Ahead of January 2019, López was loaned out to Primera B Nacional's Defensores de Belgrano.[5] Seven appearances followed in six months.[2] July 2019 saw López agree a loan move to Fénix.[6] He debuted in a defeat away to Almirante Brown on 3 August, which preceded his first goal coming in September against Flandria.[2] He returned to Banfield in June 2020, as he subsequently trained with their reserves.[7] On 6 March 2021, López headed to Belarus with Premier League side Minsk.[8] He debuted in a cup quarter-final first leg draw with Isloch later that day.[2]
On 13 December 2021, he signed with AC Oulu in Finland.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Banfield | 2016–17 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Defensores de Belgrano (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Fénix (loan) | 2019–20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Minsk | 2021 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
AC Oulu – current squad | |
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