Jaime Lozano

Jaime Lozano
Personal information
Full name Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín
Date of birth (1978-09-29) September 29, 1978
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 UNAM 50 (5)
2001–2002 Celaya 24 (1)
2002–2005 UNAM 102 (20)
2005–2007 UANL 67 (12)
2007–2012 Cruz Azul 90 (15)
2010–2012 → Morelia (loan) 69 (12)
2012–2013 UNAM 10 (0)
Total 409 (85)
National team
2000–2007 Mexico 34 (12)
Teams managed
2017 Querétaro
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2013

Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín also known simply as "Jimmy" Lozano (born September 29, 1978[1] in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican football player who last played for UNAM. In UANL, he played in the midfielder position with the number 21. However, at Cruz Azul he was employed as more of a defensive wingback. Lozano currently serves as Querétaro FC's team head coach.

Club career

He debuted with Pumas UNAM in 1998, and until 2001, when he moved to Celaya to play for a team that then contested in the Primera División (First Division), but has since been relegated. In 2002, he returned to Pumas where he won the Mexican Championship twice. After that, Lozano had problems renewing his contract for the following tournament and became a free agent. He signed on with Tigres UANL for the next two years.

International career

Lozano was called up to the Mexico national team many times; he became an instrumental part in the qualification to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, scoring several important goals. However, a series of injuries kept him away from the team in the matches previous to the tournament. Nevertheless, he was nominated by Ricardo Lavolpe in a list of 26 players from which he would get the definitive list of 23, in the hope that his condition would improve for the competition. However, he performed poorly and did not make the final list. He played three matches for Mexico in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and eleven games in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[1]

Lozano was one of the players selected by Hugo Sánchez to compete in the Copa América 2007. He made his first appearance in the tournament coming on as a sub during Mexico's victory over Brazil (2-0).

Managerial career

Querétaro FC

After winning the U-20 Clausura Liga MX title with Querétaro FC's U-20 team, Lozano was promoted to be an assistant coach at Querétaro's senior team under Victor Manuel Vucetich. After Vucetich was sacked on January 31, 2017, Lozano was appointed manager.

On July 16, 2017, Querétaro defeated América to win the 2017 Supercopa MX.

Lozano was sacked on 22 October 2017, leaving Querétaro in last place, and replaced by Luis Fernando Tena.[2]

Honours

Player

UNAM
UANL
Morelia

Manager

Querétaro

International goals

Personal life

During the peak of his career, he was featured on the North American cover of EA Sports' 2006 FIFA World Cup game.[3] Lozano did not make the final roster that participated at the World Cup causing EA Sports to avoid adding any players on any future cover art there forth.

References

  1. 1 2 FIFA profile
  2. ↑ "Jaime Lozano deja de ser entrenador del Querétaro" [Jaime Lozano is no longer the coach of Querétaro] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/videojuegos/fifa10/noticias/2009/08/07/quien-sera-el-proximo-mexicano-que-aparecera-en-la-portada-de-fifa-10
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