Deportivo Alaves and Real Sociedad announced on Sunday an agreement for the transfer of Javi Lopez, who joins the San Sebastian outfit on a contract until 2030. The Canary Islander, whose contract expires in 2025 and who had a renewal offer from the team from Vitoria, decided to accept the proposal of the ‘Txuri-urdin’ team, who paid a compensation as a transfer to Alaves.

The Spanish full-back, who arrived in Vitoria at the age of 15 from Tenerife, thus closes a successful period in which he has gone through the youth ranks to take up the position at left-back for Alaves.

He has also been a regular in the youth ranks of the Spanish national team, although he will not be at the Olympic Games in Paris. In the 2019-20 season he got his big chance and made his debut in La Liga at the age of 18, also as a starter against Celta Vigo, playing all 90 minutes in Balaidos.

He played a key role in Deportivo Alaves' last promotion to La Liga, with 32 games played in the regular league and play-offs, and three Copa del Rey matches, in which he provided three assists and forced the penalty that Asier Villalibre later scored.

This past season, Javi Lopez has been a permanent fixture in Luis Garcia Plaza's squad, making 32 appearances in La Liga and two in the Copa del Rey.

Alaves thanked the player in a press release in which they highlighted "his professionalism, humility and closeness" to all those who have shared his day-to-day life for so many years, and wished him "the best of luck in the future".

July 21, 2024

30 Jun2026	Real Oviedo	Real Sociedad	End of loan
31 Aug2025	Real Sociedad	Real Oviedo	Loan
21 Jul2024	Deportivo Alavés	Real Sociedad	€6M
04 Aug2020	Deportivo Alavés B	Deportivo Alavés	Free transfer
01 Jul2019	Deportivo Alavés Academy	Deportivo Alavés B	Free transfer

Javi López

Transfer History