Flaco López enjoying his best start to a season with Palmeiras | OneFootball

Striker Flaco López is experiencing his best start to the year wearing the Palmeiras jersey. With the goal he scored against Guarani in the 1-1 draw in the Campeonato Paulista, the Argentine reached eight direct goal involvements in the first 10 matches of the season.

So far, he has five goals and three assists in 2026, numbers that surpass his previous starts with the club. In 2025, the center forward had seven involvements in the same span, with four goals and three assists.

Back in 2024, he also recorded seven involvements, but with seven goals and no assists. In the State Championship that season, Flaco finished the competition as Palmeiras’ top scorer, with 10 goals.

Decisive in the derbies in 2026

This year, the Argentine striker found the net in two of the three São Paulo derbies. In the 3-1 win over São Paulo, Flaco López scored the goal that put Palmeiras ahead in the match. In the Derby, he netted the only goal of the game, thus securing Verdão’s early qualification for the quarterfinals of the Paulistão.

Flaco at Palmeiras

Flaco joined Palmeiras in the second half of 2022, after a spell at Lanús in Argentina. Since then, he has played 189 matches for the club, scoring 62 goals and providing 18 assists. With Verdão, he has won two Brazilian Championships, two Paulistas, and one Supercopa do Brasil.

A guaranteed starter in Abel Ferreira’s team, Flaco López has even earned recent call-ups to the Argentine national team thanks to his performances in Brazilian football.

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