Douglas López

Costa Rican footballer (born 1998)

Douglas López
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Andrey López Araya^[1]
Date of birth	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 25)^[1]
Place of birth	Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	C.S. Herediano
Youth career
	Santos de Guápiles F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2022	Santos de Guápiles F.C.	122	(10)
2022–	C.S. Herediano	30	(0)
International career^‡
2022–	Costa Rica	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:44 (UTC) 11 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:19 (UTC) 5 February 2023

Douglas Andrey López Araya (born 21 September 1998) is a Costa Rican professional footballer for C.S. Herediano in Liga FPD, the Costa Rican top division, and the Costa Rica national football team.

Career

López made his debut for Santos de Guapileson 22 July 2018 against Deportivo Saprissa.^[2] On 5 September 2018 he scored his first goal as a professional, against Municipal de Pérez Zeledón.^[3] In October 2021 it was revealed he had agreed to join C.S. Herediano at the end of his contract.^[4] In June 2022 López officially joined C.S. Herediano from Santos de Guapiles, signing a contract until 2025.^[5]

International career

López made his debut as a full Costa Rican international on 30 March 2022 in the final qualifying match for the World Cup against the United States, playing the last twenty-two minutes of the 2-0 victory.^[6] López was named in the Costa Rica national football team squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Saprissa inicia la defensa de su título con ajustado triunfo 2-1 ante Santos". everadoherrera.com.
^ "Douglas López was visited as a crack to give Santos the victory against Pérez". lateja.cr.
^ "Herediano reached an agreement to sign the saintly Douglas López". everadoherrera.com.
^ "Douglas López: "Quiero ser campeón con el Herediano"". Teletica.com. 25 June 2022.
^ "La Sele closes the octagonal with a giant step". fedefutbol.com.
^ "Imposible no llorar al ver la reacción de la familia de Douglas López al escuchar convocatoria". lateja.cr.