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Nicolás López
	López warming up for Roma in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Federico López Alonso
Date of birth	1 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Nacional
Number	17
Youth career
2004–2010	Montevideo Wanderers
2010–2011	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Nacional
2012–2013	Roma
2013–2016	Udinese
2014–2015	→ Verona (loan)
2015–2016	→ Granada (loan)
2016	→ Nacional (loan)
2016–2019	Internacional
2020–2023	UANL
2023–	León
2024–	→ Nacional (loan)
International career
2012–2013	Uruguay U20
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
South American U-20 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Nicolás "Nico" Federico López Alonso (born 1 October 1993), also known as "El Diente," is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional on loan from Mexican club León.

Club career

Early career

Nicknamed "El Conejo" (The Rabbit) or "El Diente" (The Tooth), López started his playing career with Montevideo Wanderers, but was originally rejected after he was deemed not to be physically strong enough to play professionally. He successively joined the Nacional youth academy, where he turned into a very prolific striker and, more occasionally, left winger.^[2]

On 24 April 2011, after being born as part of the first team under head coach Juan Ramón Carrasco, López made his debut at the age of 17 in a league game against Central Español, promptly scoring also his first senior goal.^[2]^[3] In August 2011, he was involved in a feud with Nacional, after his father revealed the player was in Italy in order to hold talks with a number of unspecified Serie A sides, leading his Uruguayan club and the national federation to consider potential actions to the FIFA against the player.^[4]^[5]

López ended his Nacional career with 3 goals in 6 games in all competitions.

Roma

López was acquired by Roma in the January 2012 transfer window, and then included in the Primavera under-19 squad for the rest of the season, scoring 15 times in 12 youth games.

López was taken into consideration as a first team player by new head coach Zdeněk Zeman, who included him in the senior roster for the pre-season camp and then featured him in a number of friendly games. López made his first team debut on 26 August 2012, replacing captain Francesco Totti in the final minutes of the first game of the Serie A season, a home match versus Catania, and promptly scored an injury time equaliser (the game ended 2–2). He also started the round of 16 cup match against Atalanta. Lopez played 7 times, scoring once in his first season in the Roma first team.

Udinese

On 13 July 2013, he joined Udinese with Valerio Verre.^[6]

Internacional

On 19 July 2016, Brazilian club Internacional announced that signed with Nico López. Colorado paid €4 million for 50% of Uruguayan footballer's rights.^[7]

Tigres UANL

In December 2019, López was transferred to Tigres UANL, the Mexican club paid a $10 million fee.^[8] He was the top goalscorer of the Liga MX's Apertura 2021 season.

International career

López has represented Uruguay at Under-20 level, scoring 10 goals in his 16 caps. He played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, earning the Silver Ball award after scoring four goals.

On 21 October 2022, López was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 May 2021^[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nacional	2010–11	Uruguayan Primera División	4	3	–		–		–		4	3
	2011–12	Uruguayan Primera División	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		6	3	–		–		–		6	3
Roma	2012–13	Serie A	6	1	1	0	–		–		7	1
Udinese	2013–14	Serie A	21	2	6	1	1^[a]	0	–		28	3
Verona (loan)	2014–15	Serie A	10	1	1	0	–		–		11	1
Granada (loan)	2015–16	La Liga	8	0	2	0	–		–		10	0
Nacional (loan)	2015–16	Uruguayan Primera División	12	7	–		9^[b]	4	–		21	11
Internacional	2016	Série A	12	0	2	1	–		–		14	1
	2017	Série B	32	9	5	2	–		16^[c]	6	53	17
	2018	Série A	35	11	4	0	–		11^[c]	3	50	14
	2019	Série A	25	1	8	1	10^[b]	3	8^[c]	3	51	8
	Total		104	21	19	4	10	3	35	12	168	40
Tigres UANL	2019–20	Liga MX	4	0	–		4^[d]	0	–		8	0
	2020–21	Liga MX	24	12	–		–		–		24	12
	Total		28	12	–		4	0	0	0	32	12
Nacional	2024	Uruguayan Primera División	1	1	–		1	0	–		2	1
Nacional	Total		1	1	–		1	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			196	48	29	5	25	7	35	12	285	72