Stevenage

On the final day of the 2012–13 summer transfer window, English League One side Stevenage announced that they had signed López on a free transfer,^[2][4] following a successful trial period with the club.^[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.^[11] He made his debut two weeks later, on 15 September 2012, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute in the club's 2–2 home draw against Crewe Alexandra.^[12][13] In November 2012, having made just three substitute appearances for Stevenage, López was loaned out to League Two club Aldershot Town on a one-month loan deal.^[14] He made his debut in a 2–0 home defeat to Bradford City on 10 November, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute.^[15] The following week, in his first starting appearance for Aldershot, López scored in the club's 1–1 draw away to AFC Wimbledon.^[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.^[18] In December 2013, it was announced that López' loan deal was extended for a further month, running until 26 January 2013.^[19] He scored a further three goals during the remainder of his loan spell,^[20][21][22] taking his goal tally to six goals in twelve games.

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.^[23] However, just two weeks later, López was again loaned out, this time joining League Two side Barnet on a one-month loan deal.^[24][25] He made his debut when he started Barnet's home game against Rochdale on 23 February, playing the whole match in a 0–0 draw.^[26] Three days later, he got the final touch on a shot from Edgar Davids against Southend United that resulted in a goal, although the goal was ultimately awarded to Davids.^[27] López scored a second-half hat-trick in Barnet's 4–1 home victory over Morecambe on 9 March 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.^[30] The game was also Lopez's first start for the club.^[31] He made ten appearances for Stevenage during the season, scoring three goals, although his season ended prematurely after receiving a red card following an altercation with Alan McCormack of Swindon Town on 20 April 2013.^[32] In the 2013–14 season, he made four appearances for Stevenage between August and October, three as substitute, before joining Barnet on loan again on 10 October.^[33] His first and second goals on his return to the Bees came in a 3–0 FA Cup qualifying win over Concord Rangers on 26 October.^[34] He joined the Bees on loan again on 23 January until the end of the 2013–14 season.^[35] The loan spell was cut short on 16 April due to injury. Across his two loan spells at Barnet in 2013–14, he scored four goals in 16 games in all competitions. On 17 May 2014, López was released by Stevenage.^[36]

López joined Segunda División B side La Roda on 22 January 2015.^[37]

La Roda

Dani only spent half a season at La Roda. He played 16 times scoring on four occasions.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

On 13 July 2015 Dani Lopez joined Scottish Premiership side Inverness CT on a one-year contract. He scored his first, and only league goal for the club in a 4–2 loss against Celtic. His one-year contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 12 January 2016.