Sebastián Losada Bestard (born 3 September 1967) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed La Liga totals of 131 matches and 34 goals over nine seasons in representation of five teams, starting his career with Real Madrid.
Club career A Real Madrid youth graduate, Madrid-born Losada made his first-team debut on 9 September 1984 in a 1–1 away draw against Sporting de Gijón,1–1: Y todos contentos (1–1: Everybody happy); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish) but would not have a successful period with the capital side. He did, however, score eight La Liga goals in just 16 appearances in the 1989–90 season as Real were crowned champions,4–0: Para el Madrid, todo fue cómodo (4–0: All easy for Madrid); Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 1989 (in Spanish)5–2: El Real hizo bueno el pronóstico (5–2: Real delivered as promised); Mundo Deportivo, 26 February 1990 (in Spanish) adding the club's goal number 400 in the European Cup in a 2–2 draw at FC Swarovski Tirol on 7 November 1990.Losada fue el "rey" del Tirol (Losada was "king" of Tirol); Mundo Deportivo, 8 November 1990 (in Spanish)
In 1987–88, Losada served a loan stint with RCD Español'El Pipiolo' Losada: "El día que debuté en la selección española decidí que me retiraba" ('El Pipiolo' Losada: "The day I made my Spain national team debut I decided I was retiring); El Confidencial, 7 May 2022 (in Spanish) and netted eight top-division goals during the campaign, also helping the team to reach the UEFA Cup final: he scored twice in the first leg for the Catalans (3–0),¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish) but missed his penalty shootout attempt in the eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.Clemente desvela que le dijo a Losada en los penaltis de Leverkusen (Clemente reveals what he told Losada in the Leverkusen penalties); Sport, 12 March 2019 (in Spanish)
Subsequently, Losada played for Atlético Madrid (frequently feuding with club president Jesús Gil),La década «ostentórea» (The "ostentórea" decade); El Mundo, 26 June 1997 (in Spanish)'Ostentóreo' Gil y Gil; El Periódico de Catalunya, 8 December 2017 (in Spanish) Sevilla FC – where he coincided with Diego MaradonaEl día en el que Maradona se enfrentó a la Ponferradina (The day Maradona faced Ponferradina); La Nueva Crónica, 25 November 2020 (in Spanish)– and RC Celta de Vigo.Sebastián Losada; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
International career Losada earned his only cap for the Spain national team on 18 January 1995, playing the second half of a 2–2 friendly draw with Uruguay in A Coruña.Con lo justo (Barely); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 1995 (in Spanish) He also appeared for the under-20s at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring three goals in five matches for the runners-up.
Post-retirement Losada became a lawyer after retiring at only 27. In 2004, he unsuccessfully ran for president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.Losada anuncia su candidatura para presidir la federación (Losada announces candidacy as federation president); El País, 1 October 2004 (in Spanish)
Honours Real Madrid La Liga: 1988–89, 1989–90 Copa del Rey: 1988–89 Supercopa de España: 1990
Español UEFA Cup runner-up: 1987–88
Spain U20 FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 1985
Individual FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe: 1985
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