Oriol Lozano
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oriol Lozano Farrán | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Sudanell, Spain | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1998 | Lleida | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | Lleida | 39 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Onda | 30 | (1) |
2002–2003 | Hospitalet | 28 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Racing B | 16 | (0) |
2004–2010 | Racing Santander | 119 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Aris | 8 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Murcia | 23 | (0) |
2013 | Zestafoni | 7 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Racing Santander | 15 | (0) |
Total | 270 | (2) | |
National team | |||
2001 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Oriol Lozano Farrán (born 23 May 1981), known simply as Oriol, is a Spanish retired footballer who played usually as a central defender.
During a 17-year professional career he played mainly for Racing de Santander, representing the club in all three major levels and appearing in 156 competitive games whilst competing in six La Liga seasons.
Club career
Born in Sudanell, Lleida, Catalonia, Oriol played spent his early career with UE Lleida, CD Onda (in the fourth division, loaned by Villarreal CF who acted as Onda's parent club) and CE L'Hospitalet. In the 2004–05 season he was promoted from Racing de Santander's B-team, making his La Liga debut on 19 September 2004 in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal.[1]
Oriol went on to become a relatively important defensive element for the Cantabrians in the subsequent four seasons, playing a total of 75 games and starting 65. On 17 March 2007 he scored one of only three official goals for the club, in a 2–0 away win over Valencia CF.[2]
Oriol appeared in 19 matches in the 2009–10 campaign, as Racing once again narrowly avoided relegation after finishing 16th – he was sent off twice, one of them in the last minute of the side's 1–0 success at Sporting de Gijón.[3] In June 2010, the 29-year-old did not see his contract renewed and moved to Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC.[4]
References
- ↑ El Villarreal perdona y el Racing empata en el 90' (Villarreal forgive and Racing draw in the 90th); Mundo Deportivo, 20 September 2004 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Valencia 0–2 Racing Santander; ESPN Soccernet, 17 March 2007
- ↑ Geijo goal sinks Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 24 January 2010
- ↑ Oriol jugará en Grecia tras firmar por el Aris de Salónica (Oriol will play in Greece after signing with Aris Salonica) Archived 30 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.; El Diario Montañés, 18 June 2010 (in Spanish)
External links
- Oriol Lozano at BDFutbol
- Oriol Lozano at Soccerway