Raúl Lozano (volleyball)

Raúl Lucio Lozano (born 3 September 1956) is an Argentine volleyball coach and former volleyball player.

Raúl Lozano
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Lucio Lozano
Nationality Argentine
Born (1956-09-03) 3 September 1956
La Plata, Argentina
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1974–1978
1978–1981
1981–1983
1983–1987
1988–1989
1989–1990
1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000
1999–2000
2000–2001
2002–2003
2003–2004
2005–2008
2009–2011
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2019		Estudiantes de La Plata
Esgrima La Plata
Obras Sanitarias
Ferro Carril Oeste
Rex Pordenone
CE.DI.SA Salerno
Olio Venturi Spoleto
Misura Milano
Spain
Volley Lube
Iveco Palermo
Spain
Volley Treviso
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Volley Lube
Poland
Germany
Czarni Radom
Iran
China
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Head Coach  Poland
FIVB World Championship
2006 Japan
Head Coach  Germany
European League
2009 Portugal

Personal life

He is married to Laura. On February 2, 1996 his wife gave birth to their son Matias, who was born in Barcelona.

Career as coach

Lozano with Volley Milano winner two gold medal in FIVB Club World Championship. He directed the national teams of Spain in 1994-1997 and 1999-2000, 2000-2001 Volley Treviso and Germany in 2008-2011. He won two European Cups (with Milan and Palermo, respectively) as well as the Italian National League with Sisley Treviso. He led Spain to a silver medal finish in the World University Games in Japan and a fifth-place finish in the World League and World Cup in 1999. Lozano in 2005-2008 worked with Poland national volleyball team. In 2006 led Poland to silver medal of the World Championship 2006. On December 6, 2006 received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński – Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training.

In April 2015 he signed a contract with Polish club Cerrad Czarni Radom.[1] After parting ways with the Serbian Slobodan Kovac, the Iranian federation chose Raul Lozano as his replacement. On November 17, 2015 he has been officially named as head coach of the Iran national volleyball team.[2] He led Iran to their first appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2016 Rio. Lozano after one year stayed in Asia, Raul Lozano has signed on as the new head coach of the Chinese national team, which makes him the program's first-ever foreign head coach.[3]

Sporting achievements
Raúl Lozano and President of Radom Radosław Witkowski.

As a coach
  • CEV Cup
    • 1992/1993 – with Misura Milano
    • 1993/1994 – with Milan Volley

State awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Stanisław Gościniak		 Head coach of Poland
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Daniel Castellani

References
  1. Raulo Lozano został oficjalnie przedstawiony w Radomiu – plusliga.pl – 18-05-2015
  2. Raul Lozano Named Iran Volleyball Coach – tasnimnews.com – 17-11-2015
  3. Lozano named China men’s coach – fivb.com – 25.04.2017
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