Sebastián Losada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Losada and the second or maternal family name is Bestard.

Sebastián Losada
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Losada Bestard
Date of birth (1967-09-03) 3 September 1967 (age 57)
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

Sebastián Losada Bestard (born 3 September 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

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.

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[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]

International career

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]

Honours

Real Madrid

Español

Spain U20

Individual

References

  1. ^ 1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 4–0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4–0: All easy for Madrid); Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ 5–2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5–2: Real delivered as promised); Mundo Deportivo, 26 February 1990 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ^ 'El Pipiolo' Losada: "El día que debuté en la selección española decidí que me retiraba" ('El Pipiolo' Losada: "The day I made my Spain national team debut I decided I was retiring); El Confidencial, 7 May 2022 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ a b Clemente desvela que le dijo a Losada en los penaltis de Leverkusen (Clemente reveals what he told Losada in the Leverkusen penalties); Sport, 12 March 2019 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo, 26 June 1997 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ 'Ostentóreo' Gil y Gil; El Periódico de Catalunya, 8 December 2017 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ El día en el que Maradona se enfrentó a la Ponferradina (The day Maradona faced Ponferradina); La Nueva Crónica, 25 November 2020 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Con lo justo (Barely); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ a b c 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.