Sebastián Losada
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastián Losada Bestard[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1967[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| 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 former professional 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
[edit]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,[3] 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,[4][5] adding the club's goal number 400 in the European Cup in a 2–2 draw at FC Swarovski Tirol on 7 November 1990.[6][7]
In 1987–88, Losada served a loan stint with RCD Español[8] 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),[9] but missed his penalty shootout attempt in the eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[10]
Subsequently, Losada played for Atlético Madrid (frequently feuding with club president Jesús Gil),[11][12] Sevilla FC – where he coincided with Diego Maradona[13]– and RC Celta de Vigo.[14]
International career
[edit]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.[15] He also appeared for the under-20s at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring three goals in five matches for the runners-up.[16]
Post-retirement
[edit]Losada became a lawyer after retiring at only 27. In 2004, he unsuccessfully ran for president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.[17]
Honours
[edit]Real Madrid
Español
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 1985[16]
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sebastián Losada at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Sebastián Losada". Footalist. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ 1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish)
- ^ 4–0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4–0: All easy for Madrid); Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (in Spanish)
- ^ 5–2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5–2: Real delivered as promised); Mundo Deportivo, 26 February 1990 (in Spanish)
- ^ Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ '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)
- ^ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish)
- ^ 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)
- ^ La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo, 26 June 1997 (in Spanish)
- ^ 'Ostentóreo' Gil y Gil; El Periódico de Catalunya, 8 December 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ El día en el que Maradona se enfrentó a la Ponferradina (The day Maradona faced Ponferradina); La Nueva Crónica, 25 November 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Con lo justo (Barely); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (in Spanish)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Casado, Edu (23 April 2012). "Qué fue de... Sebastián Losada" [What happened to... Sebastián Losada] (in Spanish). 20 minutos. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Di Maggio, Roberto; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Sebastián Losada at BDFutbol
- Sebastián Losada at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sebastián Losada – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Madrid
- Men's association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid CF players
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Sevilla FC players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spain men's international footballers