Nicolás Federico López Alonso (born 1 October 1993 in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

) is a Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

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Playing career

Nicknamed "El Conejo", López started his football career as part of the Montevideo Wanderers

Montevideo Wanderers F.C.

Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera...

, but was originally rejected after he was deemed not to be physically strong enough to play professionally. He successively joined the Nacional

Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

 youth academy, where he turned into a very prolific striker and, more occasionally, left winger.

On 24 April 2011, after being promoted as part of the first team under head coach Juan Ramón Carrasco

Juan Ramón Carrasco

Juan Ramón Carrasco , is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, possibly one of the players that had most appearances, in different rosters, in Uruguay.-Playing career:...

, López made his debut at the age of 17 in a league game against Central Español

Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.- The F.U.F era :Together with Peñarol, Central founded F.U.F in 1923 after being expelled from A.U.F...

, promptly scoring also his first senior goal.

In August 2011, López was involved in a feud with Nacional, after his father revealed the player was in Italy in order to hold talks with a number of unspecified Serie A sides, leading his Uruguayan club and the national federation to consider potential actions to the FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

against the player.

On November 16 2011, López finalized a move to Serie A club A.S. Roma, signing a 5 year deal until 2016.