Oriol Lozano

Oriol Lozano Farrán (born 23 May 1981), known simply as Oriol, is a Spanish former footballer who played usually as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lozano and the second or maternal family name is Farrán.
Oriol
Personal information
Full name Oriol Lozano Farrán
Date of birth (1981-05-23) 23 May 1981
Place of birth Sudanell, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) 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 285 (3)
National team
2001 Spain U20 1 (0)
Teams managed
2019–2020 Bengaluru (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 matches 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 reserves, 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 1–0 defeat of Sporting de Gijón.[3] In June 2010, the 29-year-old did not see his contract renewed and signed with Aris Thessaloniki F.C. of the Super League Greece.[4]

Before retiring in 2015 at the age of 34, Oriol represented Real Murcia,[5] FC Zestafoni (Georgian Erovnuli Liga)[6] and Racing again.[7][8] In September 2019 he joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC, as assistant manager under his compatriot Carles Cuadrat.[9] The following January, he was replaced by goalkeeping coach Javier Pinillos.[10]

References
  1. 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)
  2. Valencia 0–2 Racing Santander; ESPN Soccernet, 17 March 2007
  3. Geijo goal sinks Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 24 January 2010
  4. 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)
  5. Oriol, segundo fichaje del Real Murcia (Oriol, second Real Murcia signing); Marca, 12 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. “En España está todo muy mal…” (“Everything is bad in Spain…”); El País, 22 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. El club se refuerza con la incorporación de Oriol, que firma por una temporada (Club bolsters with addition of Oriol, who signs for one season); El Diario Montañés, 22 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. “Haurem d'estar molt concentrats els 90 minuts” (“We have to be really focused for 90 minutes”); L'Esportiu, 18 May 2014 (in Catalan)
  9. @bengalurufc (13 September 2019). "We welcomed our new assistant coach, Oriol Lozano to the fold. The Spaniard joins us after several years as a player with Racing Santander in La Liga. #RoomForMore #WeAreBFC" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 September 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. "Blues appoint Julen Esnaola as goalkeeping coach". Bengaluru FC. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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