Luis López (football manager, born 1961)
Uruguayan football manager
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Rubén Luis López Quinteros (born 25 June 1961) is a Uruguayan football manager. He is nicknamed El Ronco.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Luis López Quinteros | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1998–1999 | Cerrito | ||
| 2001 | Platense Montevideo | ||
| 2002 | El Tanque Sisley[1] | ||
| 2004 | Sud América | ||
| 2005–2006 | Cerro (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Bella Vista (youth)[2] | ||
| 2007 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| 2008 | Juventud de Las Piedras | ||
| 2009 | Fénix | ||
| 2010–2011 | Juventud de Las Piedras | ||
| 2012–2013 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| 2014–2015 | Central Español | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| 2019 | Sud América (interim) | ||
| 2020 | Sud América (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Sud América | ||
| 2023 | Rampla Juniors | ||
Career
Born in Montevideo, López began his career with Cerrito in 1998.[3] In the 2006–07 season he led Rampla Juniors away from relegation, and finished third in the 2007 Apertura before leaving the club for Juventud de Las Piedras in June 2008.[4] He was sacked from the latter club in September.[5]
López spent a short period in charge of Fénix[6] before returning to Juventud in 2010, but was sacked from the latter in April 2011.[7] He returned to Rampla in November of the following year,[8] but resigned in July 2013.
López was in charge of Central Español during the 2014–15 Uruguayan Segunda División season,[9] before returning to Rampla in 2016 as a sporting director. On 17 April 2017, he was again appointed manager after Fernando Araújo resigned.[10]
López resigned from Rampla on 6 May 2018,[11] and was named sporting director at Sud América the following 25 January.[12] He was an interim manager of the side on two occasions during the 2019 and 2020 campaigns before leaving the club on 1 June 2021, stating a desire to return to managerial duties.[13]
On 5 October 2021, López returned to Sud América, now as manager.[14]