Sebastian Lozada Bestard (born September 3, 1967 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
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| Full name | Sebastian Lozada Bestard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 3, 1967 (51 years old) Madrid , Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 180 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He spent a total of 131 matches and scored 34 goals in La Liga as part of five different teams, and began his career in Real Madrid .
Club career
Lozada was born in Madrid and went through the whole system of the Real Madrid academy. He made his debut in the first team on September 9, 1984 in a match against Sporting Gijon , the teams scored a draw 1: 1 [1] . But he could not gain a foothold in the capital's club. In the 1989/90 season, he played 16 matches and scored eight goals in La Liga, and Real Madrid became the champion [2] [3] . He also scored the club’s 400th goal in the European Cup on November 7, 1990 in a match against Tyrol , the teams drew 2-2 (Losada scored a double) [4] [5] .
In the 1987/88 season, Lozada went on loan to Espanyol and scored eight goals for the season, and also helped the team reach the UEFA Cup final . The fate of the tournament was decided by two matches against Bayer 04 . Lozada scored a double in the first match for the Catalans (3: 0) [6] , but in the return match the German team recouped and transferred the game to a penalty shootout. Lozada failed to realize his shot, and his mistake became decisive, Bayer won on a penalty 3: 2.
Subsequently, Lozada played for Atletico Madrid , but left the club due to a conflict with President Jesus Gil [7] . Then he spent only three matches for Sevilla , where he met with Diego Maradona . The last club of Lozada was Celta . He ended his career at only 27 years old, after which he became a lawyer. In 2004, he unsuccessfully tried to become president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation [8] [9] .
International Career
Lozada was a member of the Spanish national team under 20 at the 1985 World Cup , scored three goals in the tournament (became the top scorer [10] ), and his team reached the final, where they lost with a minimum score after extra-times in Brazil [11] .
January 18, 1995 Lozada played his first and only match for the main team of Spain , having entered the second half of the friendly game with Uruguay in La Coruña , the match ended in a draw 2: 2 [12] .
Notes
- ↑ 1-1: Y todos contentos (1-1: Everybody happy) ; Mundo Deportivo, September 10, 1984 (in Spanish)
- ↑ 4-0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4-0: All easy for Madrid) ; Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (in Spanish)
- ↑ 5-2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5-2: Real delivered as promised) ; Mundo Deportivo, February 26, 1990 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol) ; Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Real Madrid CF - All the players in European Cups , RSSSF . Date of treatment February 26, 2015.
- ↑ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!) ; Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish)
- ↑ La década "ostentórea" (The "ostentórea" decade) ; El Mundo (in Spanish)
- ↑ Sebastián Losada ; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Losada annuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president) ; El País , 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Óscar Díez . España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985 (Spanish) , Cuadernos de Fútbol (November 1, 2014). Date of treatment June 14, 2018.
- ↑ Profile on FIFA.com
- ↑ Con lo justo (Barely) ; Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (in Spanish)