Douglas López
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas Andrey López Araya[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cartaginés | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santos de Guápiles | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Santos de Guápiles | 106 | (9) |
| 2022–2023 | Herediano | 31 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Santos de Guápiles (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2023– | Cartaginés | 96 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Costa Rica | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:14 (UTC) 27 March 2026 | |||
Douglas Andrey López Araya (born 21 September 1998) is a Costa Rican professional footballer for Cartaginés in Liga FPD (the Costa Rican top division) and the Costa Rica national team.
López made his debut for Santos de Guapiles on 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] In 2023, he was playing for C.S. Cartaginés and scored in the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup against Coban Imperial of Guatemala in August 2023.[6]
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.[7] López was named in the Costa Rica national football team squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[8]
