![]() López in training with Zaragoza
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge López Montaña | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Logroño, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Logroñés | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | Logroñés B | ||
1997–1999 | Logroñés | 14 | (2) |
1998 | → Las Rozas (loan) | ||
1999–2003 | Villarreal | 134 | (30) |
2003–2007 | Valencia | 45 | (4) |
2004–2005 | → Mallorca (loan) | 29 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Racing Santander | 36 | (6) |
2008–2011 | Zaragoza | 94 | (9) |
2011–2012 | OFI Crete | 24 | (1) |
2013 | Gent | 15 | (2) |
2014 | Cádiz | 11 | (1) |
Total | 402 | (56) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Jorge López Montaña (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlopeθ]; born 19 September 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who plays as a right midfielder.
Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 271 games and 36 goals, representing Villarreal, Valencia, Mallorca, Racing de Santander and Zaragoza in the competition and winning major titles with the second club, including the 2004 national championship.
López was born in Logroño, La Rioja. A product of hometown CD Logroñés' youth system he was purchased by Villarreal CF in the summer of 1999, with whom he achieved La Liga promotion at the end of the season. Making his top flight debut on 10 September 2000 in a 1–5 home loss against Rayo Vallecano, he finished the campaign missing only three league games and scoring eight goals, with the Valencian finishing seventh.
Joining neighbours Valencia CF for 2003–04, López played 26 matches and netted four times as the club was proclaimed national champions. After a loan to fellow league side RCD Mallorca, he would only collect 19 league appearances in the next two seasons combined, mainly due to injuries.