Jordi López


Jordi López Felpeto is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, López played for both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid's reserves to start his senior career. After appearing with the latter's first team in two matches in the 2003–04 season, he represented Sevilla FC during two years. With the Andalusians, he took part in ten games during the 2005–06 victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup and scored the only goal in an away win against FC Lokomotiv Moscow, netting his first La Liga one in a 3–1 victory at RCD Espanyol on 10 April 2005.
López played with RCD Mallorca in 2006–07, being loaned the following season to fellow league club Racing de Santander, where he was often used from the bench as the Cantabrians achieved a first-ever UEFA Cup qualification. He was subsequently released by the latter, and immediately started training with Portsmouth. However, on 19 August 2008, it was revealed he was having a trial with Blackburn Rovers also from the English Premier League; both spells were unsuccessful and he returned to the Balearic Islands, being left to train on his own for the first months of 2008–09 and cutting ties on 16 December.
In January 2009, López was expected to sign during the transfer window with Birmingham City of the Football League Championship, but failed his medical. In the following month, he joined another club in the country and its second division, Queens Park Rangers, for the final 15 fixtures of the campaign, making his debut as a 69th-minute substitute for Matteo Alberti at Barnsley. He scored his first and only goal for QPR in a 2–1 home win against Bristol City, on 21 March.
After some speculation, López agreed terms to join former Queens Park Rangers boss Paulo Sousa at Swansea City on 16 July 2009, subject to a medical. Four days later, he agreed to a two-year deal.
López failed to win a first-team berth during his two-season spell in Wales, also struggling with injury. On 13 January 2011, he terminated his contract by mutual consent and, the following day, signed with Eredivisie's Vitesse Arnhem coached by countryman Albert Ferrer, leaving five months later.

Honours

Sevilla