He came to Peru after being world youth, under-17 and under-20 champions and Paraguayan soccer champions at the hands of “Tata” Martino to make history with a team debuting in the premier league. Do you know the story of Blas López.
Blas Ramon Lopez Medez was born on March 14, 1984 in the city of Piribebuy, Paraguay. He made his debut with the Cerro Corá team in the Intermediate Division (second division of his country) at a very young age and remained in this team until the end of 2001. He was part of the Paraguayan Under-17 team that played at the World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
Blas López scored 31 goals with the Rojo Matador. Photo: GLR
The following year (2002) he defended the shirt of Libertad de Asunción and was with Gumarelo until 2004. His good performance with the Albinegro team (he won the Tata Martino) was worth being called up to the Paraguayan U20 team for the South American of the category who played in Uruguay in 2003. There he scored in his country’s 4-2 win over Chile.
After finishing third in the said South Americans’ hexagon, Paraguay got tickets to the World Cup and Blas López joined the Guarani team that played at the World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In July 2004 he began his first experience outside his country: in the Montt port From Chile.
Blas López has been called up to his country’s U17 and U20 teams. Photo: Twitter/@chiperitolopez
He completed only one semester in the group before returning to Libertad. He continued playing in mid-2005 Sir General to arrive on October 3rd. He also defended the colors of Nacional de Asunción and 12 de Octubre. In 2008 he had his third experience outside of Paraguay in the aucas from Ecuador.
His constant team changes stopped in 2009 when he joined Sport Huancayo, a club that had just been promoted to the first division. He played nine straight seasons with Rojo Matador. This is how he wrote his name in the history of the Huanca team, being a fundamental part of the first classification for an international tournament (Sudamericana 2010) and Copa Libertadores.
Blas López played 247 games for Sport Huancayo. Photo: GLR
For a long time he was Sport Huancayo’s historic scorer with 31 goals, but then he was overtaken by his compatriot Carlos Neumann. He was also the player with the most games with the Red Matador (247) until his retirement in 2017. Today that number was surpassed by Peruvians Marcos Lliuya (280) and Joel Pinto (270).
After retiring from the Huancaino team at the age of 33, ‘Chiperito’ left professional football and returned to his native Paraguay. Despite the distance, he keeps up to date with Sport Huancayo news. This has been demonstrated on his social networks, where he gives his opinion on the occupation of the central Sierra.