Sebastián_Losada
Sebastián Losada
Spanish footballer
Sebastián Losada Bestard (born 3 September 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastián Losada Bestard | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-09-03) 3 September 1967 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1985 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Real Madrid B | 64 | (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 | 195 | (52) | |
| International career | |||
| 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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He amassed La Liga totals of 131 matches and 34 goals over nine seasons in representation of five teams, starting his career with Real Madrid.
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[6] and netted eight top-division goals during the campaign, also helping the team to reach the UEFA Cup final: he scored twice in the first leg for the Catalans (3–0),[7] but missed his penalty shootout attempt in the eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[8]
Subsequently, Losada played for Atlético Madrid (frequently feuding with club president Jesús Gil),[9][10] Sevilla FC – where he coincided with Diego Maradona[11]– and RC Celta de Vigo.[12] After retiring at only 27 he became a lawyer, and also unsuccessfully ran for president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in 2004.[13]
Losada earned his only cap for the Spain national team on 18 January 1995, playing the second half of a 2–2 friendly draw with Uruguay in A Coruña.[14] He also appeared for the under-20s at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring three goals in five matches for the runners-up.[15]
Real Madrid
Español
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 1985[15]
Individual
- 1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 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, 26 February 1990 (in Spanish)
- Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (in Spanish)
- Pla Díaz, Emilio. "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 (in Spanish)
- La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo, 26 June 1997 (in Spanish)
- 'Ostentóreo' Gil y Gil; El Periódico de Catalunya, 8 December 2017 (in Spanish)
- El día en el que Maradona se enfrentó a la Ponferradina (The day Maradona faced Ponferradina); La Nueva Crónica, 25 November 2020 (in Spanish)
- Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
- Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
- Con lo justo (Barely); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (in Spanish)
- Díez, Óscar (1 November 2014). "España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985" [Spain in the under'20 World Cups: USSR 1985] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- Sebastián Losada at BDFutbol
- Sebastián Losada at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sebastián Losada – FIFA competition record (archived)