Alejandro "Álex" López Cañero (born 12 August 2005) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Córdoba CF B Córdoba Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as Club Atlético Almagro, it is the reserve team of Córdoba CF and currently plays in , holding home games at ' ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Born in

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, López joined

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

's youth sides in 2016, from CD Stadium Fernán Núñez. On 24 July 2023, while still a youth, he renewed his contract until 2025. López made his senior debut with the reserves on 10 September 2023, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

home loss to

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. He made his first team debut on 12 November, replacing Cristian Carracedo late into a 3–3

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home draw against

AD Ceuta FC Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera División RFEF – Group 2. After being crowned champions of this league, th ...

; aged 18 years and 92 days, he became the fifth-youngest to debut with the club in the 21st century. On 15 January 2024, López was definitely promoted to the B-side, and featured in two further matches with the main squad during the campaign as they achieved promotion to

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. He made his professional debut on 6 October, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. On 13 June 2025, despite nursing a

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injury suffered in February, López renewed his contract with the ''Blanquiverdes'' until 2027.

International career

On 29 December 2023, López was included in the preliminary list of the Spain national under-19 team.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Alex 2005 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Córdoba (Spain) Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Segunda División players Primera Federación players Tercera Federación players Córdoba CF B players Córdoba CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen