Sebastián Losada

Sebastián Losada
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Losada Bestard
Date of birth (1967-09-03) 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)
1987–1988Español (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.


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

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