Francisco Javier 'Javi' López Díaz (born 20 April 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Club career López was born in Málaga, Andalusia. As a product of hometown Málaga CF's youth ranks,Manu, Iván, Toribio y Javi López, con la Sub-21 española (Manu, Iván, Toribio and Javi López, with the Spanish under-21s); Málaga CF, 16 February 2010 (in Spanish) he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 7 November 2009, scoring in a 2–2 away draw against CD Tenerife; another player promoted from the reserves, Daniel Toribio, also made his first appearance in that game.Lopez rescues point for Malaga ; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009Javi López: "Debutar en Primera con un gol es un sueño" (Javi López: "To make Primera debut and score is a dream"); Marca, 8 November 2009 (in Spanish)
Firmly established in the side's starting XI, López netted his second goal on 31 January 2010 in a 2–0 victory at Atlético Madrid.Atletico suffer Malaga loss; ESPN Soccernet, 31 January 2010 For the 2010–11 season, however, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina, recently returned to the Segunda División, alongside teammate Toribio.Javi López, cedido a la Ponferradina (Javi López, loaned to Ponferradina); Málaga CF, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish) He scored his first goal on 11 September, but this happened in a 1–5 home loss to Villarreal CF B.El Villarreal B destroza a base de goles El Toralín (Villarreal B destroy El Toralín in the form of goals); Marca, 11 September 2010 (in Spanish)
López was again loaned the following summer, this time to Real Jaén of Segunda División B.Javi López jugará cedido en el Real Jaén (Javi López will play on loan at Real Jaén) ; La Opinión de Málaga, 8 July 2011 (in Spanish) He made his official debut on 18 September 2011 in the 2−0 home defeat of CD Puertollano,Vapuleo del Jaén a un Puertollano desconocido (Jaén steamroll unknown Puertollano); Diario de Cádiz, 19 September 2011 (in Spanish) and scored his first goal on 12 February of the following year in a 1−1 draw against the same opponents.Puertollano y Jaén firman un justo empate (Puertollano and Jaén sign fair draw); Diario de Cádiz, 13 February 2012 (in Spanish)
On 6 June 2012, López was told that his contract would not be renewed by Málaga, and he would be free to start looking for a new club.Javi López: Veo lógico que el Málaga me de la baja (Javi López: I find it logical that Málaga let me go); La Opinión de Málaga, 6 June 2012 (in Spanish) The following month, he signed with Getafe CF's reserves in division three; he continued competing in that tier the following years, representing a host of teams.«Si estoy en Segunda B después de debutar en Primera es porque algo he hecho mal» ("I have done something wrong if I am in Segunda B after making debut in Primera"); La Verdad, 26 August 2015 (in Spanish)El Pontevedra busca dos refuerzos (Pontevedra looking to sign two); Faro de Vigo, 19 December 2018 (in Spanish)
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