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Demetrio Lozano

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Demetrio Lozano
Personal information
Full name Demetrio Lozano Jarque
Born (1975-09-23) 23 September 1975 (age 49)
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Nationality ESP
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender
Left back
Club information
Current club BM Aragón
Senior clubs
Years Team
1993–1995
Juventud Alcalá
1995–1998
Caja España Ademar
1998–2001
FC Barcelona
2001–2004
THW Kiel
2004–2007
Portland San Antonio
2007–2010
FC Barcelona
2010–2014
BM Aragón
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995-2008
Spain 223[1] (462)
Teams managed
2014–2016
BM Aragón
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunisia
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1998 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1996 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Croatia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Team Competition

Demetrio Lozano Jarque (born September 26, 1975) is a Spanish fomer handball player and coach, who played for the Spanish] national team. He played primarily as a left back, but could play all three back positions.

He was on the Spain team that one the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia.

Career

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Lozano started playing handball at his hometown club Juventud Alcalá. In 1995 he joined CB Ademar León in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL. In 1998 he joined top club FC Barcelona. Here he won the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 Spanish championships, the EHF Champions League and the EHF Supercup, the Copa del Rey and the Copa ASOBAL. In 2001 he joined German club THW Kiel. Here he won the 2001-2002 Handball-Bundesliga and the 2002 and 2004 EHF European League. In 2004 he returned to Spain and joined Portland San Antonio. Here he won the 2004-25 Spanish Championship, and reached the final of the Champions League in 2006.

In 2007 he rejoined FC Barecelona intil 2010, where he joined BM Aragón. He retired in 2014 to become a coach at BM Aragón,[2][3] but made a short comeback in October 2014.[4]

National Team

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He debuted for the national team in November 1995, where he played for more than a decade.[1] From 1993 to 1995 he played for the Spanish youth national team.[1]

He participated at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia in the third place playoff. This was his last major international tournament.[1]

Private life

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He has a degree in Sports science and in 2010 he got a Master.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "player statistics from RFEBM". rfebm.com. Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Aragon mit sechsstelliger Finanzlücke" (in German). handball-world.com. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Ex-Kieler übernimmt BM Aragon und muss auf Jugend bauen" (in German). handball-world.com. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Ex-Kieler Lozano gibt Comeback" [Ex-Kiel player makes comeback] (in German). handball-world.com. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.