Antonio López (footballer, born 1997)

Antonio de Jesús López Amenábar (born 10 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones. Born in Mexico, he represents the Guatemala national team.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Amenábar.
Antonio López
López with América in 2018
Personal information
Full name Antonio de Jesús López Amenábar
Date of birth (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Comunicaciones
Number 20
Youth career
2012–2018 América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 América 46 (0)
2022 → Necaxa (loan) 10 (0)
2022–2023 → Municipal (loan) 37 (3)
2023– Comunicaciones 4 (0)
International career‡
2020– Guatemala 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023

Club career

López began his career in the U-15 category of Club América in 2012.[2] For the Liga MX Apertura 2018 tournament, América's head coach Miguel Herrera decided to register him in the first team roster. On 22 July 2018 he made his Liga MX debut coming in as a substitute for Henry Martín on the 83rd minute of the match against Club Necaxa.[3]

International career

Despite being born in Mexico, his Guatemalan ancestry allowed López to be summoned by the Guatemala national team since his maternal grandfather is from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.[4][5] On 23 September 2020, he received his first call-up for Guatemala by manager Amarini Villatoro for a friendly match against Mexico.[6][7]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 11 June 2023[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guatemala 202030
202130
2022100
202340
Total200

Honours

América

References
  1. "Antonio de Jesús López Amenábar - Página Oficial de la Liga MX". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). Liga MX. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. "Antonio de Jesús López Amenábar". LigaBancomer.mx (in Spanish). Liga Bancomer. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. "Necaxa 2 - 1 Club América". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). Liga MX. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. "Jesús López, el jugador del América que podría ser convocado a la selección nacional" (in Spanish). guatemala.com. 10 July 2020.
  5. Rudy Martínez (23 September 2020). "'Chucho' López, del América, encabeza nómina de Guatemala para enfrentar a México". espndeportes.espn.com (in Spanish). ESPN.
  6. National Football Federation of Guatemala [@fedefut_oficial] (23 September 2020). "#SeleMayor NÓMINA OFICIAL" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Twitter.
  7. "NOMINA OFICIAL SELECCIÓN DE GUATEMALA ANTE MÉXICO". fedefutguate.gt (in Spanish). National Football Federation of Guatemala. 23 September 2020.
  8. Antonio López at National-Football-Teams.com
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