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) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Sebastián Losada Bestard (born 3 September 1967 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed La Liga totals of 131 games and 34 goals in nine seasons, in representation of five teams, starting his career with Real Madrid.
Football career
A Real Madrid youth graduate, Losada made his first-team debut on 9 September 1984 in a 1–1 away draw against Sporting de Gijón, 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, with Real crowned champions, adding the club's goal number 400 in the European Cup in a 2–2 draw at FC Tirol Innsbruck on 7 November 1990.
In the 1987–88 campaign Losada served a loan stint with RCD Español, and netted eight top division goals during the season, also helping the team reach the UEFA Cup final: he scored twice in the first leg for the Catalans (3–0), but missed his penalty shootout attempt in the eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Subsequently Losada played for Atlético de Madrid (frequently feuding with then club president Jesús Gil[1]), Sevilla FC (where he coincided with Diego Maradona) and Real Club Celta de Vigo (reaching the national team, for a cap on 16 January 1995 against Uruguay, in A Coruña).
After a shock retirement at only 27, Losada became a lawyer. In 2004, he unsuccessfully ran for president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.[2] Internationally, he played for Spain at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring three in five matches for the runners-up.[3]
Honours
Club
- Real Madrid
- UEFA Cup: 1984–85
- Spanish League: 1988–89, 1989–90
- Spanish Cup: 1988–89
- Spanish Supercup: 1988, 1989, 1990
- Spanish League Cup: 1984–85
- Atlético Madrid
- Español
Country
- Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
Individual
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Golden Shoe 1985
References
- ↑ La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo (Spanish)
- ↑ Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Sebastián Losada – FIFA competition record
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data
- Sebastián Losada at National-Football-Teams.com
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