Julio Daniel Losada (born 16 June 1950 in Uruguay) is a former

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

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most notable for his time spent at

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club

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. He also played for C.A. Peñarol. At the age of 22, he made the trip to

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and joined Olympiakos as yet another naturalised superstar of the Goulandris era. President of the club at the time, Goulandris was noted for signing star players; Losada being one of the largest. Together with teammate and French International striker Yves Triantafillos, Losada created one of the greatest attacking lines in Olympiacos history. Small in height, Losada was fierce from the right wing and quickly became a legend to the Olympiacos fans, who he played in front of for 8 seasons. Finishing his time with the Greek club in 1980, Losada played with the red and white shirt during 146 games, scoring 30 goals in the Greek First Division. He is second in the club's all time appearances for a foreign player behind

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. Julio Losada was

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by the Uruguay National Team twice during the

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against

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and

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. Losada made five appearances in total for Uruguay.

Honours

* Greek First Division Championship: (4) : 1972-1973, 1973-1974, 1974-1975, 1979-1980 *

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: (2) : 1972–1973, 1974–1975

References

External links

Julio Losada phantis.com
1950 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Super League Greece players Peñarol players Olympiacos F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 1970 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan emigrants Naturalized citizens of Greece Men's association football forwards 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{uruguay-footy-forward-1950s-stub