Brian Lozano

{{Infobox football biography

| fullname = Brian Avelino Lozano Aparicio

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}}

| position = Winger, attacking midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Tacurú

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Bell Vista

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Defensor Sporting

| years1 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = Defensor Sporting

| caps1 = 36

| goals1 = 11

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = América

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = → Nacional (loan)

| caps3 = 25

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = → Santos Laguna (loan)

| caps4 = 36

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2018–2022

| clubs5 = Santos Laguna

| caps5 = 96

| goals5 = 21

| years6 = 2022

| clubs6 = → Peñarol (loan)

| caps6 = 13

| goals6 = 1

| clubs7 = Atlas

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 7

| years7 = 2023–2025

| nationalyears1 = 2015

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U22

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2015–2019

| nationalteam2 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{URU}}}}

| pcupdate = 04:29, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

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Brian Avelino Lozano Aparicio (born 23 February 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Atlas.{{Soccerway|368519}}

Club career

In July 2016, Lozano joined Nacional on a one-year loan deal from América.{{cite web|title=Lozano le cumplió el sueño al padre|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/ovacion/futbol/lozano-le-cumplio-sueno-padre.html|date=24 June 2016|access-date=14 July 2022}}

On 13 July 2022, Peñarol announced the signing of Lozano on a one-year loan deal.{{cite web|title=Bienvenido, Huevo! Así anunció Peñarol la llegada de Brian Lozano|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/ovacion/futbol/bienvenido-huevo-asi-anuncio-penarol-llegada-brian-lozano.html|date=13 July 2022|access-date=14 July 2022}}

In December 2022 Peñarol announced that Santos Laguna, the team owner of Lozano's card, had recalled Brian to send it to Atlas FC on a 3-year long contract.

International career

Lozano is a former Uruguayan youth international. He was part of under-22 team which won gold medal at 2015 Pan American Games.{{cite web|title=Uruguay campeón panamericano|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/uruguay-campe-oacute-n-panamericano/|date=27 July 2015|access-date=14 July 2022}}

Personal life

Lozano is the uncle of professional footballer Leandro Lozano.{{cite web|title=Brian Lozano: "Yo pedí para venir a Nacional"|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/brian-lozano-yo-pedi-para-venir-a-nacional--2016626500|access-date=14 July 2022}}

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="5"\|Uruguay \|2015	2	0
2016	0	0
2017	0	0
2018	0	0
2019	6	0
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|8\|\|0