Daniel "Dani" López Robles (born 25 October 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Don Benito as a forward.
López started his career as a youth player at Sporting de Hortaleza, before joining AD El Pardo and then Atlético Madrid's academy at the age of 16.
The following season, López moved to the Atlético Madrid C team of the Tercera División, scoring ten goals in 19 appearances during the 2006–07 campaign.
After impressing during his two years in the fourth tier of Spanish football, López attracted the interest of Segunda División B side Espanyol B, and eventually signed for the club shortly before the start of the 2009–10 campaign.
[8] He made 23 league appearances during the campaign, scoring three goals, although missed three months of the season through injury, as Badajoz finished in mid-table.
[3] Stevenage manager Gary Smith stated, while on trial, López scored a hat-trick in a twenty-minute 8v8 match, and, although unfit, felt he showed enough over the two weeks to warrant a full-time contract.
[16] In Aldershot's next match three days later, on 20 November, López scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away victory at Burton Albion; picking up Danny Hylton's flick-on before lashing the ball into the net from 20 yards.
[17] López made it three goals in as many games four days later, when he scored a header from Kieron Cadogan's cross in a 3–1 home defeat to Port Vale.
He returned to Stevenage at the end of his loan agreement at Aldershot, and made one appearance as a second-half substitute in a home game against Leyton Orient on 2 February 2013.
[28] He scored three times in five games during the brief loan spell, before being recalled by his parent club on 13 March, due to Stevenage suffering from a host of injuries and suspensions.
[29] Just three days after being recalled, on 16 March, he scored a hat-trick, his second within the space of a week, as Stevenage secured a 4–0 home victory over Sheffield United.