Raúl Lozano

Raúl Lozano ( born September 3, 1956 in La Plata, Argentina ) is an Argentinean volleyball coach, who served as national coach of the men of the German national volleyball team, among others, from 2009 to 2011.

Career

Raúl Lozano was in his native Argentina and since 1988 in Italy since 1981 trainer of numerous volleyball Men's teams. At the same time, he coached in the 1990s, at times the Spanish men's national team. From 2005 to 2008 he was the coach of the Polish men's national team, with which he was runner-up in Japan in 2006. From 2009 to 2011 he was the coach of the German men's national team.

After the weak performance of the German team at the European Volleyball Championship in 2011 ( 15th place ), the DVV leadership decided shortly before the Vorqualifikationsturnier for the Olympic Games 2012 in Tourcoing, to separate from Lozano, whose contract actually ran until 2012, and the to leave care team by junior national coach Bernard Stewart, assistant coach Ralph Bergmann and the wounded national player Stefan Hübner provisional.

His coach stations are as follows:

1981-1982 Coach Gimnasia & Esgrima / ARG Obras Sanitarias 1982-1984 Coach / ARG 1984-1987 Coach Ferrocarril Oeste / ARG 1988-1989 Assistant coach Rex Pordenone / ITA (A2 ) 1989-1990 Coach Cedisa Salerno / ITA (A2 ) Olio Venturi Spoleto 1991-1992 Coach / ITA (A1 ) 1992-1994 Coach Misura Milano / Milan Volley (A1 ) 1994-1996 Coach of the Spanish men's national team Lube Banca Marche Macerata 1997-1998 Coach / ITA (A1 ) 1998-2000 Coaches Iveco Palermo / ITA (A1 ) 1999-2000 Coach of the Spanish men's national team 2000-2001 Coach Sisley Treviso / ITA (A1 ) 2002-2003 Coach Iraklis Thessaloniki / GRE 2003-2005 Coach Lube Macerata / ITA (A1 ) 2005-2008 Coach of the Polish men's national team 2009-2011 Coach of the German men's national team

Greatest successes as a coach

Clubs

Argentine champion in 1987 South American champions in 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup in 1993 World Cup Winners 1994 European Cup CEV Cup 1999 Italian Champion 2001

National

Silver medal in 1995 Universiade Suzuka 4th place World Cup 1999 5th Place World League 1999 and 2008 9th place Olympic Games Sydney 2000 4th World League in 2005 and 2007 2nd place World Cup Japan 2006 5th Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Private

The volleyball coach Raul Lozano is married and has one child. His hobbies are to spend diving, fishing and time in nature.