Álex López
Personal information
Full name Alejandro López de Groot
Date of birth (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993
Place of birth Calafell, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2008–2010 Reus
2010–2011 Barcelona
2011–2012 Reus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Reus 59 (13)
2014–2015 Valencia B 34 (11)
2015–2017 Gimnàstic 45 (5)
2017–2021 Mallorca 55 (13)
2019–2020 → Extremadura (loan) 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2020

Alejandro 'Álex' López de Groot (born 18 September 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker.

Club career

Born in Calafell, Tarragona, Catalonia, to a Dutch mother and a Spanish father.[1] He is a grandson of Dutch cyclist Daan de Groot. López graduated with CF Reus Deportiu's youth setup, after a short stint at FC Barcelona. He made his debuts as a senior in the 2011–12 campaign, in Segunda División B.

On 3 July 2014, after scoring 12 goals during the previous season López moved to Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third tier.[2] On 17 May of the following year, he scored five goals in an 8–2 away routing of Real Zaragoza B,[3] taking his tally up to 11.

On 26 July 2015, López signed a four-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, newly promoted to Segunda División.[4] He made his professional debut on 23 August, starting in a 2–2 home draw against Albacete Balompié.[5]

López scored his first professional goal on 10 October 2015, netting the equalizer in a 2–2 draw at SD Ponferradina. On 8 October of the following year, he scored a brace in a 4–4 away draw against Elche CF.

On 10 July 2017, López was transferred to RCD Mallorca, freshly relegated to the third tier.[6] On 7 August 2019, after achieving two consecutive promotions with the club, he was loaned to second division side Extremadura UD for one year.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "CF Reus: Álex López; 'La explosión del canterano insaciable'" [CF Reus: Álex López; 'The explosion of the insatiable youth academic'] (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Àlex López y Ebwelle, primeras incorporaciones en el Valencia Mestalla" [Àlex López and Ebwelle, first additions at Valencia Mestalla] (in Spanish). Vavel. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El VCF Mestalla logra el objetivo y mantiene la categoría (2–8)" [VCF Mestalla reaches its goal and maintains the category (2–8)] (in Spanish). Valencia's official website. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Álex López, nuevo jugador grana" [Álex López, new player grana] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic's official website. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Gimnástic remonta in extremis al Albacete" [Gimnástic comes back in extremis against Albacete] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Àlex López, traspassat al RCD Mallorca" [Àlex López, transferred to RCD Mallorca] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Alex López ya es azulgrana" [Alex López already is red-and-blue] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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