Iván López Mendoza (born 23 August 1993) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career Born in Valencia, Valencian Community, López began playing football with local club Levante UD. He spent the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the B team, starting in the Tercera División.
On 13 December 2011, López made his first-team debut, in a 3–1 away defeat against Deportivo de La Coruña in that season's Copa del Rey.Riazor se toma la Primera (Riazor takes First); Marca, 13 December 2011 (in Spanish) He returned to action with the main squad on 26 January 2012, and again featured the 90 minutes, now in the 0–3 home loss to Valencia CF in the same competition.Para Piatti no fue un trámite (Not just another game for Piatti); Marca, 26 January 2012 (in Spanish)
On 17 July 2013, López was loaned to Girona FC of Segunda División.Iván López, nuevo fichaje del Girona (Iván López, new Girona signing); Marca, 18 July 2013 (in Spanish) He scored his only professional goal on 16 February of the following year, the third in a 6–0 home rout of CD Lugo.Trece jornadas después, no sólo ganó, sino que goleó el Girona (Thirteen rounds later, Girona not only won, but routed); Marca, 16 February 2014 (in Spanish)
López made his La Liga debut on 30 August 2014, replacing the injured Nikos Karabelas in the seventh minute of a 3–0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.Bilbao claim first win of season; ESPN FC, 30 August 2014 In July 2015, he signed a new five-year contract until 2020;Iván López renueva con el Levante UD hasta 2020 (Iván López renews with Levante UD until 2020) ; Levante UD, 23 July 2015 (in Spanish) in October 2017, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his left knee during training, going on to be sidelined for several months.
On 28 August 2018, López was loaned to second-tier side Gimnàstic de Tarragona for one season.
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