Raúl Lozano

Raúl Lozano

Raúl Lucio Lozano (born September 3, 1956 in La Plata, Argentina[1]) is a former Argentine volleyball player. He first coached for Estudiantes de La Plata.[2] In 2005-2008 Lozano was the head coach of Poland's national volleyball team. He has also coached other top-level teams in Europe including teams from Italy, Greece, and Spain.[1] He led the Polish national team to win a silver medal at the 2006 World championship held in Japan.[1] His Polish team lost to Italy in the quarter final round of the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing.[3] In 2009 he coached the German team for two years.[4] He was then the head coach of Czarni Radom in Poland.[5] He serves as head coach for the Ukraine national team.

On November 17, 2015, it was announced that Raúl Lucio will coach the Iranian national volleyball team.[6] He replaced Slobodan Kovac who is the former coach of the Iranian team.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2008 Men's Olympic Games, Team Composition, Poland, Coach Profile". www.fivb.org. federation international de volleyball. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Raul Lozano next coach Iran Team". Volleyball-Movies.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Men Volleyball XXIX Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN)". todor66.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Raul Lozano to Coach Iran". Volleyverse. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Raul Lozano Named Iran Volleyball Coach". Kayhan International. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Raul Lozano Named Iran Volleyball Coach". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Raul Lozano appointed Iran volleyball coach". tehrantime.com. Tehran Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.