Biography

Diego López is a Spanish striker born in Turón (Asturias, Spain) on May 13, 2002. The young player from Asturias can pay different positions in attack. He can do well on both wings and in more central positions, as he has already demonstrated both in the VCF Academy and in the first team. Diego, who has spent time in the youth academies of Real Madrid and Barcelona, joined the VCF Academy in 2021 to compete with VCF Mestalla. Since his arrival, he was one of the most outstanding players of the Valencia ‘B’ team and that earned him his debut with the first team in August 2022 in a LaLiga match against Atlético de Madrid played at Mestalla. However, his explosion in the first division came in the final stretch of the 2022-23 season, when he played several matches at a high level under the orders of Rubén Baraja, debuting as a scorer with the winning goal in the Valencia CF - Real Madrid match played on May 21.