Sebastián Losada
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastián Losada Bestard | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Real Madrid B | 63 | (18) |
| 1984–1991 | Real Madrid | 38 | (13) |
| 1987–1988 | → Español (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 1991–1992 | Atlético Madrid | 9 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Sevilla | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Celta | 53 | (12) |
| Total | 194 | (51) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983 | Spain U16 | 5 | (3) |
| 1984–1986 | Spain U18 | 10 | (5) |
| 1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U20 | 5 | (3) |
| 1988–1990 | Spain U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1995 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Sebastián Losada Bestard (born 3 September 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed La Liga totals of 131 games and 34 goals over the course of seasons, in representation of five teams, starting his career with Real Madrid.
Club career
A Real Madrid youth graduate, Madrid-born Losada made his first-team debut on 9 September 1984 in a 1–1 away draw against Sporting de Gijón,[1] but would not have a successful period with the capital side. He did, however, score eight La Liga goals in just 16 appearances in the 1989–90 season as Real were crowned champions,[2][3] adding the club's goal number 400 in the European Cup in a 2–2 draw at FC Tirol Innsbruck on 7 November 1990.[4][5]
In 1987–88, Losada served a loan stint with RCD Español and netted eight top division goals during the campaign, also helping the team reach the UEFA Cup final: he scored twice in the first leg for the Catalans (3–0),[6] but missed his penalty shootout attempt in the eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Subsequently, Losada played for Atlético Madrid (frequently feuding with club president Jesús Gil[7]), Sevilla FC – where he coincided with Diego Maradona – and Celta de Vigo. After a shock retirement at only 27 he became a lawyer, and also unsuccessfully ran for president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in 2004.[8][9]
International career
Losada gained his first and only cap for the Spanish national team on 18 January 1995, playing the second half of a 2–2 friendly draw with Uruguay in A Coruña.[10]
Internationally, he also played for under-20s at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring three goals in five matches for the runners-up.[11]
Honours
Club
- Real Madrid
- UEFA Cup: 1984–85
- La Liga: 1988–89, 1989–90
- Copa del Rey: 1988–89
- Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990
- Copa de la Liga: 1984–85
- Atlético Madrid
- Español
Country
- Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
Individual
References
- ↑ 1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (Spanish)
- ↑ 4–0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4–0: All easy for Madrid); Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (Spanish)
- ↑ 5–2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5–2: Real delivered as promised); Mundo Deportivo, 26 February 1990 (Spanish)
- ↑ Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (Spanish)
- ↑ La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo (Spanish)
- ↑ Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (Spanish)
- ↑ Con lo justo (Barely); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (Spanish)
- ↑ Sebastián Losada – FIFA competition record
External links
- Sebastián Losada profile at BDFutbol
- National team data
- Sebastián Losada at National-Football-Teams.com