Raúl Lozano (volleyball)

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{{Infobox volleyball player

| name = Raúl Lozano

| image = Raúl Lozano in press conference before Iran-Australia match at Tokyo (cropped).jpg

| fullname = Raúl Lucio Lozano

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = La Plata, Argentina

| position = Setter

| height = 1.68 m

| currentcoachteam = Ukraine

| coachyears = 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
2022–2024
2024–

| coachteams = 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
Sisley Treviso
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Volley Lube
Poland
Germany
Czarni Radom
Iran
China
JT Thunders
Ukraine

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|POL}} }}

{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|GER}} }}

{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|UKR}} }}

}}

Raúl Lucio Lozano (born 3 September 1956) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player. He serves as head coach for the Ukraine national team.

Personal life

He is married to Laura. On 2 February 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.[http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/10948.html Raulo Lozano został oficjalnie przedstawiony w Radomiu] – plusliga.pl – 18-05-2015 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.[http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2015/11/17/918698/raul-lozano-named-iran-volleyball-coach Raul Lozano Named Iran Volleyball Coach] – tasnimnews.com – 17-11-2015 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.[http://worldleague.2017.fivb.com/en/wl2017_tmp/finals-3/news/lozano-named-china-mens-coach?id=67135 Lozano named China men’s coach] – fivb.com – 25.04.2017

Honours

=As a coach=

CEV Champions League
16px 2000–01 – with Sisley Treviso
FIVB Club World Championship
16px Treviso 1992 – with Misura Milano
CEV Cup
16px 1992–93 – with Misura Milano
16px 1993–94 – with Milan Volley
CEV Challenge Cup
16px 1998–99 – with Iveco Palermo
Domestic
1981–82 16px Argentine Cup, with Obras Sanitarias
1982–83 16px Argentine Championship, with Obras Sanitarias
1984–85 16px Argentine Championship, with Ferro Carril Oeste
1986–87 16px Argentine Championship, with Ferro Carril Oeste
2000–01 16px Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso
2000–01 16px Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso
Universiade
1995 16px Summer Universiade, with Spain

=State awards=

2006: File:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

{{CEV coach|8531|Coach profile}}
[https://www.legavolley.it/coach/LOZ-RAU-56 Coach profile] at LegaVolley.it {{in lang|it}}
[https://volleybox.net/raul-lozano-p43730 Coach profile] at Volleybox.net

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| after = {{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Castellani

| title = Head coach of Poland

| years = 2005–2008

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