Noel López

Noel López
Personal information
Full name Noel López de la Fuente
Date of birth (2003-03-17) 17 March 2003
Place of birth Silleda, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tenerife
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2013 San Tirso
2013–2021 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Deportivo La Coruña 30 (4)
2022–2025 Real Madrid B 20 (1)
2024–2025 → Osasuna B (loan) 16 (1)
2025– Tenerife 35 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Spain U19 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Noel López de la Fuente (born 17 March 2003), sometimes known as Noel, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación club Tenerife. He previously played at Real Madrid Castilla.

Club career

Born in Silleda, a municipality of Pontevedra,[1] López started playing football at the grassroots club San Tirso SD before joining Deportivo La Coruña in 2012.[2][3] He came through each one of the club's youth ranks, as he was involved in the victory of the División de Honor Juvenil in 2021,[4] and took part in Depor's consequent campaign in the UEFA Youth League.[2][5]

At the start of the 2021-22 season, López was promoted to Deportivo La Coruña's first team, and subsequently made his professional debut on 29 August 2021, coming in for Miku Fedor at the 84th minute of the game against Celta Vigo B and scoring the final goal of a 5-0 win.[6] In the occasion, the striker became Depor's first fully home-grown player to play and score in an official match with the senior squad.[3] During the rest of the season, he featured regularly for the Galician side, scoring three other goals in the process, although the team eventually missed promotion to the Spanish second tier following a 2-1 defeat in the final against Albacete.[7]

On 26 June 2022, Deportivo La Coruña officially announced that they had reached an agreement with Real Madrid for the transfer of López, starting from the 2022-23 season: the striker was then included in the squad of Real Madrid Castilla, the Blancos' reserve team.[2][8] On 28 August 2024, after being rarely used, he was loaned to fellow Primera Federación side CA Osasuna B.[9]

On 21 August 2025, López signed a two-year contract with CD Tenerife also in division three.[10] Regularly used during the season, he appeared in 37 matches as the club achieved promotion to Segunda División.

López made his professional debut on 16 August 2026, starting in a 3–1 away win over SD Eibar.[11]

International career

López has represented Spain at youth international level, having played for the under-19 national team.[12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2024
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo La Coruña 2021–22 Primera División RFEF 30 4 2 0 — 32 4
Real Madrid Castilla 2022–23 Primera Federación 15 1 — 0 0 15 1
2023–24 Primera Federación 5 0 — — 5 0
Total 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
Career total 50 5 2 0 0 0 52 5

References

  1. ↑ "¿Cómo fichó Noel, un niño de Silleda, por el Deportivo?". DxT Campeón (in Spanish). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "RC Deportivo y Real Madrid acuerdan el traspaso de Noel López". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Estreno histórico para tres productos de #ANOSACANTEIRA, con registro inédito a cargo de Noel". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "El Dépor se proclama Campeón de España juvenil por segunda vez". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Los penaltis cortan injustamente el sueño de #ANOSACANTEIRA en la UEFA Youth League (2-2)". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "El Dépor arranca la liga en quinta (5-0)". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "El ascenso se esfumó en la prórroga (1-2)". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Díaz, José Félix (26 June 2022). "El Real Madrid ficha a Noel, perla del Deportivo, para jugar en el Castilla". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Osasuna ficha a un delantero del Real Madrid Castilla para el Promesas" [Osasuna sign a Real Madrid Castilla forward for Promesas] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Noel López, velocidad y juventud para el CD Tenerife" [Noel López, speed and youth for CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Un eficaz Tenerife regresa por todo lo alto en Ipurua" [An efficient Tenerife make a triumphant return at Ipurua] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "CRÓNICA I SUB 19 I La sub-19 se vacía en un partidazo sin premio (3-3)". SEFutbol (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Cara y cruz para Noel y Mella en sus compromisos internacionales". Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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