Minor López Explained

Minor López
Fullname:Minor Ignacio López Campollo
Birth Date:1 February 1987[1]
Birth Place:Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Height:1.94 m
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Xelajú MC
Years1:2008–2011
Years2:2011
Years3:2012
Years4:2012–2013
Years5:2013–2014
Years6:2014–2016
Years7:2016
Years8:2017
Years9:2018
Years10:2018–2021
Years11:2021-2022
Clubs1:Xelajú
Clubs2:Naval
Clubs3:La Serena
Clubs4:Marquense
Clubs5:Comunicaciones
Clubs6:Atlético CP
Clubs7:Atlético Venezuela
Clubs8:Ñublense
Clubs9:Marquense
Clubs10:Mixco
Clubs11:Comunicaciones B
Caps1:103
Caps2:30
Caps3:19
Caps4:20
Caps5:41
Caps6:60
Caps7:8
Caps8:10
Caps9:15
Caps10:18
Caps11:0
Goals1:17
Goals2:12
Goals3:4
Goals4:8
Goals5:10
Goals6:10
Goals7:2
Goals8:2
Goals9:2
Goals10:5
Goals11:0
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalyears2:2008
Nationalyears3:2010–2015
Nationalteam1:Guatemala U20
Nationalteam2:Guatemala Olympic
Nationalteam3:Guatemala
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalcaps3:44
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalgoals3:7
Pcupdate:21:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Minor Ignacio López Campollo (born 1 February 1987) is a retired Guatemalan footballer. He was also a member of the Guatemala national team, playing in the 2010 and 2014 World Cup qualifying campaigns.

Club career

A tall forward, López was born in Quetzaltenango, and began his professional career in 2007 at local club Xelajú MC, where he scored 14 goals in three seasons. In January 2011 he was acquired by Deportes Naval for that year's season. He made his debut in Chile on 12 March 2011, scoring to give the team a 1-1 draw against Puerto Montt.[2] As the club attempted to earn promotion to the top division, López contributed with 12 goals scored during the 2011 season, including one during the promotion/relegation playoff which Naval lost to Santiago Wanderers.

In January 2012, he was signed by Deportes La Serena of the Chilean 1st division.[3]

In 2014, López was signed to Atlético Clube de Portugal.

International career

In 2006, López was a member of the Guatemala U-20 national team that won the UNCAF U-20 Championship and consequently participated at the U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament the following year. Months later, he played with the U-23 team in the 2008 Olympic Games qualifying campaign, where on 14 March 2008 he scored his team's second goal in a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Mexico which allowed Guatemala to advance to the next round on top of its group and fight for a berth in the final Olympic Tournament against Honduras, whom it lost to on penalty kicks.

His senior international debut occurred on 19 November 2008 under coach "Mincho" Monterroso, playing the last 15 minutes of a 0-2 loss against the United States during 2010 World Cup qualifying.[4] In 2009, he played at the UNCAF Nations Cup, where he scored his first senior international goal against Costa Rica. He has since played regularly with the national team, being rotated in attack with the more experienced strikers Carlos Ruiz and Dwight Pezzarossi during 2014 World Cup qualification, and scoring two goals in the second round.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupInternationalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Naval20113012413413
Total3012413413
La Serena20121942214
Total1942214
Marquense2012—13208208
Total208208
Comunicaciones2013—144010414411
2014—1511
Total4110414511
Atlético CP2014—152562276
2015—163541364
Total601036310
Career total17044914118346

International goals

Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 January 2009 1–1 1–3 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
2. 6 September 2011 2–0 2–1 2014 World Cup qualification
3. 11 October 2011 2–1 3–1 2014 World Cup qualification
4. 1 March 2012 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5. 15 November 2012 1–2 1–3 Friendly
6. 25 January 2013 1–3 1–3 2013 Copa Centroamericana
7. 17 November 2015 2–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122705/http://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=297395/index.html FIFA.com
  2. Web site: Minor López debuta con gol en el futbol chileno . 2011-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110314045840/http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_internacional/Minor-Lopez-debuta-futbol-chileno_0_442755906.html . 2011-03-14 .
  3. Web site: Minor López ya se incorporó al trabajo de Deportes la Serena.
  4. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=250468/match=300053861/report.html FIFA Match Report