Jaime Arturo "Jimmy" Lozano Espín (born 29 September 1978) is a Mexican professional

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and former player who played as a

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. Lozano spent the majority of his playing career with

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, playing in over 160 matches with the club. He also had spells with

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and

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, and Monarcas Morelia. A

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international, Lozano made his debut in 2000, earning 34 caps and scoring 12 goals during a seven-year period. He participated with the national team in various competitions, including two

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tournaments, the

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, and the

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Club career

He debuted with

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in 1998, and until 2001, when he moved to

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to play for a team that then contested in the Primera División (First Division), but has since been relegated. In 2002, he returned to Pumas where he won the Mexican Championship twice. After that, Lozano had problems renewing his contract for the following tournament and became a free agent. He signed on with

for the next two years.

International career

Mexico national team

Lozano was called up to the

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many times; he made three appearances for Mexico in the team's fourth-place finish at the

, and eleven games in the

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qualifiers. A series of injuries kept him away from the team in the months leading up to the World Cup. Nevertheless, Lozano was named by

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in a provisional list of 26 players. However, he performed poorly and did not make the final list. Lozano was one of the players selected by

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to compete in the

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. He made his first appearance in the tournament coming on as a substitute during Mexico's 2–0 victory over

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Career statistics

International goals

Managerial career

Querétaro

After winning the U-20 Clausura Liga MX title with Querétaro FC's U-20 team, Lozano was promoted to be an assistant coach at

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's senior team under

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. After Vucetich was sacked on January 31, 2017, Lozano was appointed manager. On July 16, Lozano won his first career title as a manager when Querétaro defeated América 2–0 to clinch the

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. On October 22, Lozano was sacked after a poor run of form which left Querétaro in last place, being replaced by

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Mexico U23

On 18 December 2018, Lozano was named manager of the Mexico U-23 national team. At the

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, Lozano took the team to a third place finish, defeating the

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in a penalty shoot-out 4–3 following a scoreless draw. Disputing the

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the following month, he led the team to a third-place finish, defeating

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1–0, receiving the bronze medal.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

UNAM *

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: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004 *

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Individual *

Best Full-back:

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– 04 *

Best Attacking Midfielder: Apertura 2009

Manager

Querétaro *

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Mexico U23 * Pan American Bronze Medal:

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* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

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* Olympic Bronze Medal:

Personal life

During the peak of his career, he was featured on the North American cover of EA Sports'

game. Lozano did not make the final roster that participated at the World Cup causing

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to avoid adding any players on any future cover art. He is the son of Mexican actress

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozano, Jaime 1978 births Living people Mexico international footballers 2004 Copa América players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 Copa América players Footballers from Mexico City Cruz Azul footballers Liga MX players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Tigres UANL footballers Atlético Morelia players Association football midfielders Mexican footballers Mexican football managers