José López Silva (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López de Silva and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
López Silva
Personal information
Full name José María López de Silva Sánchez
Date of birth (1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Huelva, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Real Madrid B
2002–2003 Valencia B 0 (0)
2003–2004 Cartaya
2004–2005 Linares 28 (0)
2005–2006 Burgos 18 (1)
2006–2007 Alcalá 33 (7)
2007–2008 Orihuela 34 (1)
2008–2011 Cádiz 100 (8)
2011–2016 Córdoba 135 (11)
2016–2018 Alcoyano 58 (2)
2018–2023 Tamaraceite 142 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José María López de Silva Sánchez (born 1 February 1983), known as López Silva, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in Huelva, Andalusia, López Silva joined Valencia CF after finishing his development at Real Madrid, and was part of the reserves' setup in the 2002–03 season in the Segunda División B, even though he failed to appear in any games. In the summer of 2004, he signed with CD Linares of the same league.

López Silva continued to compete in the third division the following years, representing Burgos CF, CD Alcalá, Orihuela CF[1] and Cádiz CF.[2] With the latter, he achieved promotion to Segunda División, contributing three goals from 32 appearances.

On 30 August 2009, aged 26, López Silva played his first match as a professional, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Salamanca.[3] He scored his first goal on 8 November, his team's first in a 2–2 home draw with Real Betis.[4]

On 15 June 2011, López Silva signed a two-year deal with Córdoba CF also in the second tier.[5] In his third year he appeared in 40 matches and scored three times, helping the side return to La Liga after a 42-year absence.[6]

López Silva made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 25 August 2014, starting the 2–0 defeat at Real Madrid.[7] He left the club in June 2016, and subsequently joined CD Alcoyano of division three.[8]

On 25 July 2018, López Silva joined Tercera División side UD Tamaraceite.[9]

References

  1. ^ El Orihuela CF ficha nuevos jugadores como el interior Juanjo y el extremo López Silva (Orihuela CF sign new players like midfielder Juanjo and winger López Silva); Orihuela Digital, 27 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El equipo amarillo presenta sus primeras caras nuevas de la pretemporada (Yellow team present their first new faces of the pre-season); La Voz Digital, 16 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Salamanca saca provecho de su efectividad ante un poco acertado Cádiz (Salamanca profit from effectiveness against an unimpressive Cádiz); Marca, 30 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Ogbeche da un punto al Cádiz en el descuento (Ogbeche gives a point to Cádiz in stoppage time); Marca, 8 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Caballero, López Silva y Astrain, primeros fichajes del Córdoba (Caballero, López Silva and Astrain, first signings of Córdoba); Marca, 15 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes] (in Spanish). ABC. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ Slow start from Real Madrid; ESPN FC, 25 August 2014
  8. ^ López Silva se incorpora al CD Alcoyano (López Silva added to CD Alcoyano); CD Alcoyano, 31 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ López Silva, 'galáctico' para el Tamaraceite (López Silva, 'galactic' for Tamaraceite)[permanent dead link‍]; La Provincia, 25 July 2018 (in Spanish)