Oscar López Hernández

Football manager infobox
playername = Oscar López


fullname = Oscar López Hernández
dateofbirth = May 11 1980
cityofbirth = Cerdanyola, Barcelona
countryofbirth = Spain
currentclub = Gimnàstic de Tarragona
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = FC Barcelona | years = 2000–2004 2003–2005 2004–2005 2005– 2006–
clubs = FC Barcelona B FC Barcelona →Lazio "(loan)" Real Betis →Gimnàstic "(loan)"
caps(goals) = 95 (5) 8 (0) 14 (0) 19 (0) 15 (0)

Oscar López Hernández (born May 11 1980, Cerdanyola, Barcelona), commonly referred to as Oscar López is a Spanish footballer who is currently play with Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He has previously played for FC Barcelona, Lazio and Real Betis.

López is a product of the FC Barcelona cantera. After playing for FC Barcelona C and FC Barcelona B, he was given his senior debut by Radomir Antić in a 3-1 win over Recreativo de Huelva in 2003. However he failed to establish himself in the senior team and was subsequently loaned to Lazio for the 2004/05 season. He made 14 Serie A appearances, played twice in the Coppa Italia and three times in the UEFA Champions League. He returned to Spain in 2005 and went on loan to Real Betis, making his debut against FC Barcelona in a 2-1 win in the first-leg of the Supercopa de España. During the 2005/06 season he played for Betis in both UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup .

During July 2007, Oscar López extended his loan move from Real Betis to Gimnàstic by another year.

Due to serious knee injury, the register in Gimnàstic was suspended for 1 year.

External links

* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=7221 La Liga stats]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=72724/index.html Profile At UEFA.com]