Raúl Lozano (volleyball) (original) (raw)
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Argentine volleyball player and coach
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Raúl Lucio Lozano |
| Born | (1956-09-03) 3 September 1956 (age 68)La Plata, Argentina |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Coaching information | |
| Current team | Ukraine |
| Previous teams coachedYearsTeams1974–1978 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–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 | |
| Volleyball information | |
| Position | Setter |
Honours Men's volleyball Head coach  Poland FIVB World Championship  2006 Japan Head coach  Germany European League  2009 Portimão Head coach  Ukraine European League 2024 Osijek |
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.
He is married to Laura. On 2 February 1996, his wife gave birth to their son Matias, who was born in Barcelona.
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ Raulo Lozano został oficjalnie przedstawiony w Radomiu – plusliga.pl – 18-05-2015
- ^ Raul Lozano Named Iran Volleyball Coach – tasnimnews.com – 17-11-2015
- ^ Lozano named China men’s coach – fivb.com – 25.04.2017
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Coach profile at Volleybox.net
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| Preceded by Stanisław Gościniak |
Head coach of Poland 2005–2008 | Succeeded by Daniel Castellani |