Claude Lowitz

{{Short description|French football player and manager (born 1962)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Claude Lowitz

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Figeac, France

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Defender{{Cite web |url=http://www.psg1970.net/claude-lowitz,prod2038,446.html |title=Claude LOWITZ |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=PSG1970.net |language=fr |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519093137/http://www.psg1970.net/claude-lowitz,prod2038,446.html |url-status=dead }}

| youthyears1 = 1977–1980

| youthclubs1 = US Carjac

| years1 = 1980–1984

| clubs1 = Toulouse

| caps1 = 23

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1984–1985

| clubs2 = Metz

| caps2 = 26

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1985–1987

| clubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1987–1988

| clubs4 = Marseille

| caps4 = 22

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1988–1989

| clubs5 = Montpellier

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1989–1991

| clubs6 = Nantes

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1991–1992

| clubs7 = Pau

| years8 = 1992–1993

| clubs8 = Cahors FC

| years9 = 1993–1994

| clubs9 = Pau

| years10 = 1994–1995

| clubs10 = Gazélec Ajaccio

| years11 = 1995–1996

| clubs11 = Jeanne d'Arc

| totalcaps = 149+

| totalgoals = 5+

| nationalyears1 = 1987

| nationalteam1 = France Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs1 = Saint-Pierroise

| manageryears2 = 2006

| managerclubs2 = Shanghai Dongya

}}

Claude Lowitz (born 29 May 1962) is a French former professional football player and manager.{{Cite web|title=Claude LOWITZ - Défenseur|url=https://www.fcmetz.com/lowitz-claude|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=FC Metz|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421195425/http://www.fcmetz.com/lowitz-claude |archive-date=21 April 2016 }} As a player, he was a defender.{{Cite web|title=La fiche de Claude Lowitz|url=https://www.ohaime-passion.com/joueurs/fiche-854-claude-lowitz.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=OhaiMe-Passion.com|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807233802/https://www.ohaime-passion.com/joueurs/fiche-854-claude-lowitz.html |archive-date=7 August 2020 }}

Club career

Lowitz played for ten different clubs during his career. Those included Toulouse, Metz, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Pau FC, Cahors FC, Gazélec Ajaccio, and Jeanne d'Arc. In 1984 with Metz, he notably featured in a 4–1 win over Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the Cup Winners' Cup first round, eliminating the Spanish side 6–5 on aggregate.{{Cite web|date=10 March 2021|title=Toulouse. Claude Lowitz, ancien du TFC, avait éliminé le Barça avec Metz en 1984|trans-title=Toulouse. Claude Lowitz, former TFC player, had eliminated Barça with Metz in 1984|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/03/10/claude-lowitz-les-barcelonais-nous-avaient-bien-chambres-9418465.php|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=La Dépêche|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310095150/https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/03/10/claude-lowitz-les-barcelonais-nous-avaient-bien-chambres-9418465.php |archive-date=10 March 2021 }} During the 1985–86 season with Paris Saint-Germain, he won the Division 1 title.

International career

Lowitz played one match for the France Olympic football team in 1987.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Post-playing career

Having retired from football five years earlier, Lowitz became the manager of Saint-Pierroise in Réunion in 2001; however, he left this role in 2002. From January to July 2006, he was the manager of China League Two club Shanghai Dongya. He left that position to work for the youth academy of the club at the Genbao Football Base from 2006 to 2008.{{Cite web|title=Claude LOWITZ|url=http://psg70.free.fr/LOWITZ.htm|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=PSG70|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509070222/http://psg70.free.fr/LOWITZ.htm |archive-date=9 May 2014 }}

After leaving his academy role at Shanghai Dongya in 2008, Lowitz worked for a football academy in Réunion.

Honours

Toulouse

Division 2: 1981–82

Paris Saint-Germain

Division 1: 1985–86{{Cite web|title=Claude LOWITZ|url=https://histoiredupsg.fr/claude-lowitz|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Histoire du PSG|date=28 May 2017|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810011220/https://histoiredupsg.fr/claude-lowitz |archive-date=10 August 2017 }}