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Roberto Losada Rodríguez (Chinese: 盧比度; born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current assistant manager of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee SC.
Over seven seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 113 games and 27 goals, almost all with Real Oviedo. He also appeared in 124 Segunda División matches (16 goals), and spent two years in Hong Kong with Kitchee.
Club career
Losada was born in Vigo, Province of Pontevedra. Nicknamed El Chino due his facial features, he made his professional debut for Real Oviedo at just 18, as the club was also in La Liga; after two season-long loans, at CD Toledo and RCD Mallorca (the former in the Segunda División), he returned, going on to be an important attacking member– although mostly as a backup – as the Asturias team would eventually drop two tiers in just four years.
Losada left in the 2003–04 campaign to Real Valladolid in the top flight, equalling a career-best eight goals but again being relegated. After years of intermittent use, he left in January 2007 to another side in the second level, UD Las Palmas, not managing to score in his five-month spell.
In the summer of 2007, Losada returned to his native Galicia and signed with CD Lugo of Segunda División B. After three years, aged nearly 34, he had his first abroad experience, joining Hong Kong club Kitchee SC and helping it win the national championship in his first season after 47 years; at the end of the campaign, he was also named Hong Kong Footballer of the Year and MVP, making the competition's Best Eleven.
Losada was made Kitchee captain for 2011–12, replacing Lo Kwan Yee. He announced his retirement on 26 May 2012 at nearly 36 years of age, after netting the 3–3 equaliser in stoppage time of extra time in the Hong Kong FA Cup final against Hong Kong Pegasus FC, which his team won.
Losada immediately joined the club's coaching staff, being named his compatriot Josep Gombau's assistant. He retained his post under the latter's successor Àlex Gómez.
Honours
Club
Valladolid
- Segunda División: 2006–07
Kitchee
- Hong Kong First Division League: 2010–11, 2011–12
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2011–12
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2011–12
Individual
- Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 2010–11
- Team of the Season: 2010–11
- Hong Kong Most Popular Player: 2010–11
