Roberto Losada

Roberto Losada Rodríguez (Chinese: 盧比度; born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current assistant manager of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee SC.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Losada and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Roberto Losada
Losada as a Kitchee player (2011)
Personal information
Full name Roberto Losada Rodríguez
Date of birth (1976-10-25) 25 October 1976
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Kitchee (assistant)
Youth career
Sárdoma
Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Oviedo B 67 (27)
1996–2003 Oviedo 103 (18)
1998–1999 → Toledo (loan) 37 (8)
2002 → Mallorca (loan) 13 (4)
2003–2006 Valladolid 67 (13)
2007 Las Palmas 17 (0)
2007–2010 Lugo 95 (21)
2010–2012 Kitchee 32 (17)
Total 431 (108)
National team
2005–2008 Galicia 3 (1)
Teams managed
2012– Kitchee (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Over seven seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 113 games and 27 goals, almost all with Real Oviedo. He also appeared in 124 Segunda División matches (16 goals), and spent two years in Hong Kong with Kitchee.

Club career

Losada was born in Vigo, Province of Pontevedra. Nicknamed El Chino due his facial features,[1] he made his professional debut for Real Oviedo at just 18, as the club was also in La Liga; after two season-long loans, at CD Toledo and RCD Mallorca (the former in the Segunda División), he returned, going on to be an important attacking member[2][3]– although mostly as a backup – as the Asturias team would eventually drop two tiers in just four years.

Losada left in the 2003–04 campaign to Real Valladolid in the top flight, equalling a career-best eight goals but again being relegated. After years of intermittent use, he left in January 2007 to another side in the second level, UD Las Palmas,[4] not managing to score in his five-month spell.

In the summer of 2007, Losada returned to his native Galicia and signed with CD Lugo of Segunda División B.[5] After three years, aged nearly 34, he had his first abroad experience, joining Hong Kong club Kitchee SC[6] and helping it win the national championship in his first season after 47 years; at the end of the campaign, he was also named Hong Kong Footballer of the Year and MVP, making the competition's Best Eleven.[7]

Losada was made Kitchee captain for 2011–12, replacing Lo Kwan Yee.[8] He announced his retirement on 26 May 2012 at nearly 36 years of age, after netting the 3–3 equaliser in stoppage time of extra time in the Hong Kong FA Cup final against Hong Kong Pegasus FC, which his team won.[9]

Losada immediately joined the club's coaching staff, being named his compatriot Josep Gombau's assistant. He retained his post under the latter's successor Àlex Gómez.[10]

Honours

Club

Valladolid

Kitchee

Individual
  • Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 2010–11
  • Team of the Season: 2010–11
  • Hong Kong Most Popular Player: 2010–11
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References
  1. Rubio, Alberto; Ortega, Vicente (29 October 2011). "El 'Chino Losada', hombre anuncio en Hong Kong" ['Chino Losada', commercial man in Hong Kong]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. Quiros, Rafael (23 October 2000). "El Oviedo sufre hasta el final" [Oviedo suffer until the end]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. Julio, Ramón (20 November 2000). "El contragolpe del Oviedo rompió en la segunda al rey del empate" [Oviedo fast break crushed king of draws in second half]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. "Losada llega a Las Palmas para "volver a sentirme futbolista"" [Losada arrives at Las Palmas to "feel a footballer again"]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 January 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. De Dios, Marta (2 July 2015). "El recurso de los mediáticos del Lugo" [The recourse of Lugo's stars]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. Gómez, Pablo; Álvarez, Miguel (13 August 2010). "Losada y Cancela, dos gallegos en el Barcelona chino" [Losada y Cancela, two Galicians in Chinese Barcelona]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. "傑志射手盧比度 膺香港足球先生". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 14 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  8. "盧均宜受罰 盧比度任隊長". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  9. "8 classic Cup finals in Asia". Asian Football Confederation. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. Kin-wa, Chan (16 November 2013). "Gomez loses job coaching Kitchee". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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