Óscar López Hernández, better known as Óscar López, was born on May 11, 1980, at Cerdanyola del Vallès.
He started playing football in the Barcelona youth teams and debuted with Barcelona C in 1997. After three seasons he went up a letter and joined Barcelona B for another three years. In 2003 he debuted with the first team in a win against Recreativo de Huelva. He made 8 appearances with Barcelona A and in 2004 was loaned to Lazio.
In Rome he made 21 appearances. He was a decent right back and did not do too badly even though he was not Serie A material. In 2005 he was loaned to Betis and then signed with them on a permanent basis. He played in Seville for two seasons but not regularly, just 18 league appearances. In 2007 he was loaned to Gimnàstic Tarragona. After his contract with Betis ended in 2010, he began playing for Numancia. His last year of activity was in Holland with Go Ahead Eagles where he made 7 appearances with one goal.
Once he stopped playing, he began a successful youth coaching career. Between 2015 and 2017 he was manager of Badalona’s Under 19s and then assistant for the Barcelona Under 18s and 19s between 2017 and 2019. In 2019 he became head coach of the Under 18s for two seasons. Since 2021 he has been manager of the Barcelona under 19s.
Oscar Lopez will be remembered at Lazio for being part of the first Claudio Lotito signings.
Lazio Career
Season | Total games (goals) | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Super Coppa |
2004-05 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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