Ezequiel Loza

Ezequiel Antonio Loza Fernández (born 1 October 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and currently is the manager of Rayo Cantabria.

Ezequiel Loza
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Antonio Loza Fernández
Date of birth (1976-10-01) 1 October 1976
Place of birth Santoña, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Rayo Cantabria (manager)
Youth career
1994–1995 Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Rayo Cantabria 6 (0)
1998–1999 Noja 32 (0)
1999–2000 Logroñés 3 (0)
2000–2001 Ourense 14 (0)
2001–2002 Ponferradina 32 (0)
2002–2008 Gimnástica 122+ (2)
Total 209+ (2)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Gimnástica
2014–2015 Portugalete
2016–2018 Racing Santander (youth director)
2018–2021 Portugalete
2021– Rayo Cantabria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Loza and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Playing career

Loza acted in the position of central defense and was trained as a footballer in the lower categories of Racing Santander and came to defend the Rayo Cantabria shirt between 1995 and 1998, with which he rose to the Second Division B of Spain with Manolo Precious on the bench.

The man from Santoñe was called up three times with the Verdiblanco first team in the First Division but he did not make his debut with the first team and later, he would play for Sociedad Deportiva Noja, Club Deportivo Logroñés, Club Deportivo Ourense, Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina and Gimnástica de Torrelavega, the team in which he hung up his boots to begin his career on the bench.

Managerial career

In the 2013–14 season, he would coach the first team of Gimnástica de Torrelavega, with which he won Group three in 2014.

In the 2014–15 season, he signed for the Club Portugalete of the Third Division of Spain, with which he would achieve promotion to the bronze category of Spanish football after once again winning their in the Third Division and beating CF Talavera and CD Martos in the play-offs.

In the 2015–16 season, he led Club Portugalete in the Second Division B of Spain until matchday 15, where he only managed one win, seven draws and another seven losses, with the team bottom of their group.[1]

In July 2016, Loza signed as Director of Grassroots Football for Racing Santander, where he would spend the next two seasons.

On 28 June 2018, Loza returned to Portugalete once again as manager; three years after his first spell came to an end.,[2] with whom they won their group but would fall short in the final phase of the play-offs.

In the curtailed 2019–20 season, Loza continued to lead Club Portugalete, with which he once again leads his group and would achieve promotion to the Second Division B of Spain after a five-year absence.

In the 2020–21 season, Loza was still in charge of Club Portugalete, however on 18 January 2021; after eleven rounds of league action, he was sacked.[3]

On 17 May 2021, Loza returned to Racing Santander, but this time as manager of the second team; Rayo Cantabria for the 2021–22 season.[4] After guiding his side to the play-offs for the Primera Federación, where they lost to Real Murcia in the first eliminator, Loza renewed his contract until the summer of 2023.[5]

Managerial statistics
As of 5 March 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Gimnástica Spain 1 July 2013 30 June 2014 42 27 10 5 85 26 +59 064.29 [6]
Portugalete Spain 1 July 2014 23 November 2015 59 23 24 12 87 52 +35 038.98 [7]
Portugalete Spain 28 June 2018 18 January 2021 89 49 22 18 132 67 +65 055.06 [8]
Rayo Cantabria Spain 17 May 2021 Present 59 25 16 18 68 55 +13 042.37 [9]
Total 249 124 72 53 372 200 +172 049.80 —

Honours

Manager

Gimnástica

Club Portugalete

References
  1. "El Portugalete prescinde de su técnico" [The Portugalete dispenses with its coach] (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. "El Portugalete recupera a Ezequiel Loza y prescinde de Docando" [Portugalete recovers Ezequiel Loza and does without Docando] (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. "El Portugalete destituye a Ezequiel Loza" [The Portugalete dismisses Ezequiel Loza] (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. "Ezequiel Loza entrenará al Rayo Cantabria en Segunda RFEF la temporada 2021/22" [Ezequiel Loza will coach Rayo Cantabria in the RFEF Second Division for the 2021/22 season] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. "Ezequiel Loza renueva con el Rayo Cantabria" [Ezequiel Loza renews with Rayo Cantabria] (in Spanish). entrenadoresfutbol.es. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. "Gimnástica de Torrelavega Results" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. "Club Portugalete Results" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
    "Matches Ezequiel Loza, 2015–16 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. "Club Portugalete Results" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
    "Club Portugalete Results" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
    "Matches Ezequiel Loza, 2020–21 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  9. "Matches Ezequiel Loza, 2021–22 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
    "Matches Ezequiel Loza, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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