Demetrio Lozano

Demetrio Lozano Jarque (born September 26, 1975) is a Spanish former handball player and coach, who played for the Spanish national team. He played primarily as a left back, but could play all three back positions.

Demetrio Lozano
Personal information
Full name	Demetrio Lozano Jarque
Born	(1975-09-23) 23 September 1975 (age 50) Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Nationality	ESP
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Defender Left back
Club information
Current club	BM Aragón
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1993–1995	Juventud Alcalá
1995–1998	Caja España Ademar
1998–2001	FC Barcelona
2001–2004	THW Kiel
2004–2007	Portland San Antonio
2007–2010	FC Barcelona
2010–2014	BM Aragón
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995-2008	Spain	223[1]	(462)
Teams managed
2014–2016	BM Aragón
Medal record Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition 2000 Sydney Team Competition 2008 Beijing Team Competition World Championship 2005 Tunisia European Championship 2006 Switzerland 1998 Italy 1996 Spain 2000 Croatia Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Team Competition

He was on Spain's team that won the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia.

Career

Lozano started playing handball at his hometown club Juventud Alcalá. In 1995 he joined CB Ademar León in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL. In 1998 he joined top club FC Barcelona. There he won the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 Spanish championships, the EHF Champions League and the EHF Supercup, the Copa del Rey and the Copa ASOBAL. In 2001 he joined German club THW Kiel. There he won the 2001-2002 Handball-Bundesliga and the 2002 and 2004 EHF European League. In 2004 he returned to Spain and joined Portland San Antonio. There he won the 2004-25 Spanish Championship, and reached the final of the Champions League in 2006.

In 2007 he rejoined FC Barecelona until 2010, where he joined BM Aragón. He retired in 2014 to become a coach at BM Aragón,^[2][3] but made a short comeback in October 2014.^[4]

National team

He debuted for the national team in November 1995, where he played for more than a decade.^[1] From 1993 to 1995 he played for the Spanish youth national team.^[1]

He participated at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia in the third place playoff. This was his last major international tournament.^[1]

Private life

He has a degree in sports science. In 2010 he got a master's degree.^{[citation needed]}