Leandro Lozano
{{short description|Urugyayan footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Lozano|Fernández|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leandro Lozano
| full_name = Leandro Nicolás Lozano Fernández
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|19}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| height = 1.69 m
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Argentinos Juniors
| clubnumber = 22
| youthyears1 = 2010–2018
| youthclubs1 = Nacional
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = Boston River
| caps1 = 73
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → Nacional (loan)
| caps2 = 28
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2023–2025
| clubs3 = Nacional
| caps3 = 62
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = Argentinos Juniors
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 1
| club-update = 7 April 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Leandro Nicolás Lozano Fernández (born 19 December 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Argentinos Juniors.{{Soccerway|537164}}
Career
A youth academy graduate of Nacional, Lozano captained his club to victory at the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores.{{cite web|title="Lozano dejó una carta de agradecimiento al club"|url=http://www.decano.com/noticias/6368/lozano-dejo-una-carta-de-agradecimiento-al-club|accessdate=22 June 2020}}{{cite web|title=Nacional U20 vs. Independiente U20 - 24 February 2018|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/24/south-america/copa-libertadores-u20/club-nacional-de-football-u20/csd-independiente-jose-teran-u20/2728072/|accessdate=22 June 2020}}
A free agent after leaving Nacional in 2018, Lozano joined Boston River prior to the 2019 Uruguayan Primera División season. He made his professional debut on 10 August 2019 in a 0–0 draw against his former club Nacional.{{cite web|title=Debutantes de la 4a fecha del Torneo Intermedio 2019|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/debutantes-de-la-4a-fecha-del-torneo-intermedio-2019/|accessdate=22 June 2020}}{{cite web|title=Boston River vs. Nacional - 10 August 2019|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/10/uruguay/primera-division/boston-river/club-nacional-de-football/3038085/|accessdate=22 June 2020}}
In January 2025, Lozano moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Argentine club Argentinos Juniors.{{cite web|title=Leandro Lozano: las razones de su partida de Nacional y el porcentaje de su transferencia que le cedió al club|url=https://www.espn.com.uy/futbol/uruguay/nota/_/id/14689942/leandro-lozano-las-razones-de-su-partida-de-nacional-y-el-porcentaje-de-su-transferencia-que-le-cedio-al-club|date=20 January 2025|access-date=30 January 2025}}
Personal life
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Boston River
|2019 |UPD |16 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2020
|UPD |35 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2021
|UPD |22 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | |
| Nacional (loan)
|2022 |UPD |28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7{{efn|Four appearances in Copa Libertadores; three appearances, one goal in Copa Sudamericana}} | 1 | 2{{efn|One appearance each in Torneo Intermedio final and championship playoff}} | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|Nacional
|2023 |UPD |30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=col|Appearances in Copa Libertadores}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=scu|Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya}} | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2024
|UPD |18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10{{efn|name=col}} | 2 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final}} | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!76 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 5 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!149 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 181 | 6 |
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Honours
Nacional U20
- U-20 Copa Libertadores: 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/nacional-campe-oacute-n-de-am-eacute-rica/|title=Nacional campeón de América|date=25 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2022}}
Nacional
- Uruguayan Primera División: 2022{{cite web|title=Uruguayo: Nacional, con doblete de Suárez y Gigliotti, venció 4-1 a Liverpool y es campeón|url=https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Uruguayo-Nacional-con-doblete-de-Suarez-y-Gigliotti-vencio-4-1-a-Liverpool-y-es-campeon-uc836719|language=es|date=30 October 2022|access-date=31 October 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|leandro-lozano}}
{{Argentinos Juniors squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lozano, Leandro}}
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Club Nacional de Football players
Category:Argentinos Juniors footballers
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen
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