Raúl Lucio Lozano (born 3 September 1956) is an Argentine professional

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coach and former player.

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

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winner two gold medal in FIVB Club World Championship. He directed the national teams of

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in 1994-1997 and 1999-2000, 2000-2001

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and

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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

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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

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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. 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

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. He led Iran to their first appearance at the

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. Lozano after one year stayed in Asia, Raul Lozano has signed on as the new head coach of the

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national team, which makes him the program's first-ever foreign head coach.''Lozano named China men’s coach''
– fivb.com – 25.04.2017

Honours

As a coach

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2000/2001 – with

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* FIVB Club World Championship ** Gold medal world centered-2

Treviso 1992 – with Misura Milano *

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1992/1993 – with Misura Milano ** Simple silver cup

1993/1994 – with Milan Volley *

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1998/1999 – with Iveco Palermo * National championships ** 1981/1982 Simple gold cup

Argentine Cup, with

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** 1982/1983 Gold medal with cup

Argentine Championship, with

** 1984/1985 Gold medal with cup

Argentine Championship, with Ferro Carril Oeste ** 1986/1987 Gold medal with cup

Argentine Championship, with Ferro Carril Oeste ** 2000/2001 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup, with

** 2000/2001 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

* Universiade ** 1995 Silver FISU

Summer Universiade, with

State awards

* 2006:

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

*
Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozano, Raul 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from La Plata Argentine men's volleyball players Argentine volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Poland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Iran Argentine expatriate sportspeople in China Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Japan Czarni Radom coaches