Oriol Lozano Farrán (born 23 May 1981), known simply as Oriol, is a Spanish former footballer who played usually as a central defender.
During a 17-year professional career he played mainly for Racing de Santander, representing the club in all three major levels and appearing in 156 competitive matches whilst competing in six La Liga seasons.
Club career Born in Sudanell, Lleida, Catalonia, Oriol played spent his early career with UE Lleida, CD Onda (in the fourth division, loaned by Villarreal CF who acted as Onda's parent club) and CE L'Hospitalet. In the 2004–05 season he was promoted from Racing de Santander's reserves, making his La Liga debut on 19 September 2004 in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal.El Villarreal perdona y el Racing empata en el 90' (Villarreal forgive and Racing draw in the 90th); Mundo Deportivo, 20 September 2004
Oriol went on to become a relatively important defensive element for the Cantabrians in the subsequent four seasons, playing a total of 75 games and starting 65. On 17 March 2007 he scored one of only three official goals for the club, in a 2–0 away win over Valencia CF.; ESPN Soccernet, 17 March 2007
Oriol appeared in 19 matches in the 2009–10 campaign, as Racing once again narrowly avoided relegation after finishing 16th – he was sent off twice, one of them in the last minute of the 1–0 defeat of Sporting de Gijón.Geijo goal sinks Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 24 January 2010 In June 2010, the 29-year-old did not see his contract renewed and signed with Aris Thessaloniki F.C. of the Super League Greece.Oriol jugará en Grecia tras firmar por el Aris de Salónica (Oriol will play in Greece after signing with Aris Salonica) ; El Diario Montañés, 18 June 2010
Before retiring in 2015 at the age of 34, Oriol represented Real Murcia,Oriol, segundo fichaje del Real Murcia (Oriol, second Real Murcia signing); Marca, 12 July 2011 FC Zestaponi (Georgian Erovnuli Liga)“En España está todo muy mal…” (“Everything is bad in Spain…”); El País, 22 February 2013 and Racing again.El club se refuerza con la incorporación de Oriol, que firma por una temporada (Club bolsters with addition of Oriol, who signs for one season); El Diario Montañés, 22 August 2013 “Haurem d'estar molt concentrats els 90 minuts” (“We have to be really focused for 90 minutes”); L'Esportiu, 18 May 2014 In September 2019 he joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC, as assistant manager under his compatriot Carles Cuadrat. The following January, he was replaced by goalkeeping coach Javier Pinillos.
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