Sebastián Losada

Sebastián Losada
Personal information
Full nameSebastián Losada Bestard
Date of birth3 September 1967
Place of birthMadrid, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984–1987Real Madrid B63(18)
1984–1991Real Madrid38(13)
1987–1988→ Español (loan)28(8)
1991–1992Atlético Madrid9(1)
1992–1993Sevilla3(0)
1993–1995Celta53(12)
Total194(51)
National team
1983Spain U165(3)
1984–1986Spain U1810(5)
1985Spain U191(0)
1985Spain U205(3)
1988–1990Spain U217(1)
1995Spain1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Losada and the second or maternal family name is Bestard.

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
Atlético Madrid
Español

Country

Spain U20

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); El Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ 4–0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4–0: All easy for Madrid); El Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ 5–2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5–2: Real delivered as promised); El Mundo Deportivo, 26 February 1990 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); El Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); El Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Con lo justo (Barely); El Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (Spanish)
  11. ↑ Sebastián Losada – FIFA competition record

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