Iriving Lozano is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger in the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and the national team of Mexico. Among fans and fans is widely known under the nickname "Chucky". He began his career in the club "Pachuca" from the Mexican city of Pachuca de Soto. In 2016, he won the Mexico Cup, also called as Clausura. Recognized as the best young soccer player of the CONCACAF Champions League in the 2016/2017 season. The growth of a football player is 176 centimeters, weight - about 70 kg. As part of PSV Eindhoven, plays under the eleventh number.
Irving Lozano Football Achievements
In the 2016/17 season, he joined the CONCACAF Champions League. He played 149 matches for Pachuca and became the author of 43 goals. In 2017, I. Lozano moved to PSV Eindhoven, where in the debut season he became the champion of the Netherlands and the best scorer of the tournament. In the FIFA football simulator, Irving Lozano has become one of the most popular young players with high potential for rating growth. In the online mode, the Mexican received many exclusive cards with enhanced characteristics.
As part of the youth national team of Mexico, he won the CONCACAF 2015 World Cup under 21, and in 2016 participated in the Summer Olympic Games. Lozano made his international debut with Mexico in February 2016 against the Senegal team.
In the 2016/17 season, the striker was recognized as the best young player in CONCACAF, where he also became the top scorer. In Mexico, this football player is considered the most promising striker.
Football player's playing style and its features
The Mexican football player has all the technical qualities and characteristics for the role of the classic winger. Lozano constantly poses a danger to the opponent’s goal - he has a strong accurate blow and an incredible reaction. He can dramatically change direction, working perfectly with his body and legs. During the attack, the Mexican is able in a matter of seconds to occupy a favorable position for himself in order to score a goal or give an effective transfer to a teammate. He is quite hardy and efficient, is an intellectually savvy tactical player. Often, Lozano can “amuse” the audience with his “feints” during the game, and this player’s technical talent cannot be taken away.
In a 4-2-3-1 tactical arrangement, he plays the left winger when his leading leg is the right. Irving is also called the classic inverted winger. At the same time, the footballer is able to play on the right flank, because his legs are quite versatile. In 2015, the famous sports magazine Don Balon included Irving Lozano in the list of the best football players born after 1994. After the Mexican moved to PSV, he was almost immediately credited to the ranking of the best young players in the Dutch championship. The striker himself admits that his football idols are Rafael Marquez and Damian Alvarez.
Biography
Irving Lozano was born on July 30, 1995 in the Mexican capital, Mexico City. Since 2006, he began playing in the Pachuki youth system. In 2014, he was called into the adult team, with which he signed his first professional contract. He made his debut to the League of Apertura on February 8, 2014 in a match against the America club, where Irving scored a goal five minutes after a substitution and secured his team a victory with a minimum score. In the first season for Pachuca, Lozano became vice champion of the Mexican championship, scoring two goals in 16 meetings. In the 2015/16 season, he became the owner of the Klausura Cup when Pachuca reached the final victory over the Monterrey club. In April 2017, the club became the owner of the CONCACAF Champions League Cup, after the final victory over the Tigers, Irving became the top scorer of the tournament, for which he received the Golden Boot.
Transition to PSV Eindhoven: victory at Eredivisi in debut season
On June 19, 2017, the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven officially announced the signing of a contract with young Mexican winger Irving Lozano. The contract was signed for six years. The debut game in the “red-white army” was against the Croatian “Osijeke” in the framework of the UEFA Europa League. In Eredivisi, the Mexican made his debut on August 12 in a match against AZ Alkmar, where he also scored his first goal (victory 3: 2). A week later, footballer Irving Lozano scored another goal, helping his team defeat Breda with a score of 1: 4. After another week, the Mexican opened the gates of “Childbirth”.
In PSV’s history, Irving was the first footballer to score a goal in each of the first three matches. In view of this event, Lozano was named the best player of the month (August) in Eredivisi.
On September 10, 2017, Irving Lozano received his first red card for PSV Eindhoven in a winning match against Heerenveen, which ended 2-0. The player received the next red card on February 17, 2018, and again in a duel with Heerenveen. Lozano distinguished himself by unsportsmanlike behavior, hitting his forehead in the face of Lucas Vudenberg, for which he received a removal and suspension for three matches. On March 18, the winger returned to the games and scored a second goal against Venlo, and the match ended 3-0.
As part of PSV, Irving Lozano became the champion of the Eredivisi on April 15, 2018 after a triumph over Ajax 3-0.
Season for PSV Eindhoven 2018/19
In the first match of the new season, Eredivisi Lozano played against Feyenord for the Dutch Super Cup (Johan Cruyff Cup), in which PSV Eindhoven lost on a penalty 6: 5.
In the match against Utrecht on August 11, 2018, Irving Lozano scored a goal, the match ended in a crushing 4-0 victory in favor of the “peasants”. The following week, the Mexican winger scored a goal against Fortuna Sittard. Three days later, he became the author of the goal in the UEFA Champions League match against BATE, and helped his team win with a score of 3: 2.
Career for Mexico National Youth Team
Since 2015, the player began to be involved in games for the Mexican youth team until the age of 20. In the debut match of CONCACAF 2015, Lozano scored “poker” (4 goals) against the Cuban team. The total score of the match was 9: 1 in favor of the “green”. At the same tournament, Irving also scored three goals, finishing with the top scorer. Here he became the winner of the CONCACAF U-20 championship as part of his team.
On September 18, 2015, Lozano was announced as a member of the national team under 23 for qualification matches for the CONCACAF Olympic Games, which Mexico eventually won. In 2016, he participated in the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, where his team won bronze medals.
In the main team of Mexico
He made his debut for the Greens in February 2016 under the leadership of coach Juan Carlos Osorio. In a friendly match against Senegal on February 10, Lozano came out at the base. In this match, he made an assist for a teammate from Pachuca Rodolfo Pizarro. Mexico then won 2-0.
He made his debut goal for the adult national team on March 25, 2016, hitting Canada's goal at the 39th minute of the meeting as part of the selection for the 2018 World Cup (victory of the Greens 3-0). In total, he spent 33 matches for the main team and scored 8 goals (information at the time of September 2018).
Performance at the 2018 World Cup in Russia - a winning goal against Germany
In June 2018, Irving Lozano was included in the national team to participate in the 2018 World Cup. On June 17, in the first match against the current champions - the German national team - Irving scored a goal, which was the only and victorious match. According to the results of the meeting, “Chucky” was named the best player of the match. In the second match on June 23 against South Korea, he scored an assist for Javier Hernandez. In general, at the 2018 World Cup, Irving Lozano played in all four matches of his team, including losing in the 1/8 finals against Brazil.