Jon Ander López
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jon Ander López Maquiera | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 2013 (aged 36) | ||
| Place of death | Sestao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1996 | Racing Santander B | ||
| 1996–1997 | Baskonia | ||
| 1997–1998 | Barakaldo | ||
| 1998–2000 | Eibar | 48 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Valladolid | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Levante (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Salamanca | 13 | (0) |
| 2005 | Jaén | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | Écija | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Sporting Lutxana | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jon Ander López Maquiera (6 September 1976 – 6 January 2013), known as Jon Ander in his playing days, was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Barakaldo, Basque Country, Jon Ander played his first seasons as a senior with modest teams in his native region. In the 1998 summer he joined SD Eibar, going on to play two Segunda División seasons with the club.
Jon Ander was part of Real Valladolid's roster in several La Liga campaigns, but never appeared in the competition during his spell, also being loaned to Levante UD in the second level. Released by the team in June 2004 he played one season with UD Salamanca in division two, then saw out his remaining career in the lower leagues.
Late into the season where Lucena CF would eventually achieve promotion to Segunda División B for the first time ever, López retired from football at the age of only 30, immediately becoming the Andalusian club's president.[1] In 2009, two years after leaving his post, he began training with Gurutzeta KFT, a team from his hometown, before joining other team in Barakaldo, Sporting de Lutxana. Two years later of his final retirement, on 6 January 2013, the 36-year-old died suddenly from a heart attack while in Sestao.[2]
References
- ↑ "Jon Ander López tranquiliza a la plantilla en el aspecto económico" [Jon Ander López reassures squad financially] (in Spanish). Diario Córdoba. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Fallece de un infarto el expresidente del Lucena Jon Ander" [Jon Ander, former president of Lucena, died of a heart attack] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.