José Luis López Ramírez (born March 31,éLuisLó 1981) is a Costa Rican footballer.

Club career

López made his professional debut for Herediano on 4 January 1997 against Saprissa and left them for Saprissa in 2003.

José Luis López (Costa Rican footballer)

With Saprissa he has already won five national championships, a UNCAF Cup and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title, in less than four years, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool.

José Luis López (Costa Rican footballer)

López joined the Australian club Melbourne Victory in July 2008 on a two-year loan deal, after the club managed to free up a space for another international player following left-back Joseph Keenan's release by mutual consent. López made his debut for Melbourne Victory against Perth Glory in the 2008–09 A-League Pre-Season Cup on Saturday, July 26, 2008, with Melbourne winning the game 1–0 through a Michael Thwaite header. He returned to Saprissa in summer 2009.

José Luis López (Costa Rican footballer)

In March 2010, López joined Chinese club Dalian Shide as a replacement of Zhao Xuri, who left the club for Xi'an Chanba. In July 2011, López moved to the newly promoted Costa Rican Primera División club Belén Siglo XXI on a free transfer and in August 2013 he signed for Uruguay de Coronado.

International career

Commonly known as Puppy or Pupy, he has been an important player for the Costa Rica national football team at numerous levels, playing and captained in the under 20 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Argentina, as well as representing the country with the U-23 team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. held in Athens.

He has also been capped 34 times for the full national team, making his debut in a friendly against the United States on September 7, 2003, playing for the team during 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.

López Ramírez made three appearances at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Honours

With Melbourne Victory: A-League Championship: 2008–2009 A-League Premiership: 2008–2009

References

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1981 births

Living people

Footballers from San José, Costa Rica

Men's association football midfielders

Costa Rican men's footballers

Costa Rica men's international footballers

Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Olympic footballers for Costa Rica

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players

C.S. Herediano footballers

Deportivo Saprissa players

Melbourne Victory FC players

Dalian Shide F.C. players

Belén F.C. players

Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia

Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in China

Expatriate men's footballers in China

Liga FPD players

Chinese Super League players

A-League Men players

Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Australia