Iker Losada

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Iker Losada
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Losada with Galicia in 2024
Personal information
Full name Iker Losada Aragunde
Date of birth (2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Catoira, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Betis
Number 19
Youth career
2012–2019 Celta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Celta B 102 (15)
2019–2023 Celta 2 (1)
2023–2024 Racing Ferrol 42 (9)
2024– Betis 8 (0)
International career
2019 Spain U18 6 (1)
2019 Spain U19 2 (0)
2024 Galicia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024

Iker Losada Aragunde (born 1 August 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Betis.

Contents

Club career

Celta

Losada was born in Catoira, Pontevedra, Galicia. A RC Celta de Vigo youth graduate, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 2 December 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Dani Vega in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against AD Unión Adarve. [1]

Losada spent the 2019 pre-season with the first team, scoring a goal in a friendly match against 1. FC Union Berlin and becoming the first player of the 21st century to do so for the club. [2] He made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 17 August; replacing fellow debutant Gabriel Fernández, he scored his team's only goal in a 1–3 home loss against Real Madrid. [3]

Losada subsequently played almost exclusively for the B's in the third division and also in Primera Federación, and renewed his contract until 2025 on 11 May 2022. [4] He left Celta after 11 years on 3 July 2023, after the club decided not to promote him to the main squad. [5]

Racing Ferrol

Losada with Racing Ferrol in 2023 Galicia de Mugardos - Racing de Ferrol 44 - Iker Losada.jpg
Losada with Racing Ferrol in 2023

On 5 July 2023, Losada signed for Racing de Ferrol, newly-promoted to Segunda División. [6] An undisputed starter, he scored nine goals and provided seven assists during the season. [7]

Betis

On 6 July 2024, Losada signed a five-year contract with Real Betis in the top tier. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celta B 2018–19 Segunda División B 4040
2019–20 151151
2020–21 242242
2021–22 Primera Federación 263263
2022–23 3392 [a] 0359
Total10215002010415
Celta 2019–20 La Liga 212041
Racing Ferrol 2023–24 Segunda División 42930459
Real Betis 2024–25 La Liga80102 [b] 0110
Career total1542460202016424

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References

  1. "Iker Losada debutó con el Celta B" [Iker Losada debuted with Celta B] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. "Iker Losada, primer goleador del Celta nacido en el siglo XXI" [Iker Losada, first goalscorer of Celta born in the 21st century] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. "Bale da brillo al viejo Madrid" [Bale lights up the same old Madrid] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. "Iker Losada renueva con el Celta hasta el 2025" [Iker Losada renews with Celta until 2025] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. "Iker Losada se despide del Celta: "Es un día muy duro"" [Iker Losada bids farewell from Celta: "It is a very difficult day"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. "Iker Losada ya es racinguista" [Iker Losada is already racinguista] (in Spanish). Racing Ferrol. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  7. "Iker Losada se acerca al Betis para reforzar el ataque" [Iker Losada gets closer to Betis to bolster the attack] (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. "Iker Losada, new Real Betis player". Real Betis. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. Iker Losada at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2021.