1. Hirving Rodrigo "Chucky" Lozano Bahena was born on 30 July 1995 and is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club San Diego FC and the Mexico national team.
49 Facts About Hirving Lozano
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Hirving Lozano made his senior international debut in February 2016 and represented the nation at the Copa America Centenario, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2021 CONCACAF Nations League, and the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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On 27 February 2016, Hirving Lozano scored the first and only goal of the encounter on the first minute of the match against Toluca, with the win placing them first place on the general table.
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Hirving Lozano was included in the tournament's Best XI.
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Hirving Lozano was named CONCACAF Champions League Player of the Week for his performance.
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Hirving Lozano finished the Apertura tournament as the highest-scoring Mexican player with 7 goals, and was again included in the Best XI.
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On 19 June 2017, following a lengthy transfer saga which had Hirving Lozano linked to a number of European clubs, including Manchester United, Manchester City, Benfica and Ajax, it was announced that Dutch club PSV Eindhoven had secured the signing of Hirving Lozano on a six-year contract.
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Hirving Lozano temporarily left the Mexican national side which was in Russia for the Confederations Cup in order to secure the transfer.
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Hirving Lozano became the fifth Mexican player to join PSV.
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On 17 February 2018, Hirving Lozano received his second red card of the season, again during a league match against Heerenveen, for making contact with defender Lucas Woudenberg's face.
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Hirving Lozano was handed a three-match suspension which was ultimately upheld by the KNVB disciplinary committee after a failed appeal by PSV.
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Hirving Lozano ended the season as the team's highest scorer in the league with 17 league goals and providing 11 assists.
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Hirving Lozano was named into the league's Team of the Season.
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Hirving Lozano was named in the Champions League breakthrough team of 2018.
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On 25 April 2019, during a match against Willem II, Hirving Lozano was stretchered off the field after a challenge from Freek Heerkens.
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On 23 August 2019, Hirving Lozano officially joined Italian club Napoli.
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Hirving Lozano finished his second season with 32 league matches, notching 11 goals as the club's second highest scorer.
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On 6 January 2022, Napoli announced that Hirving Lozano had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Hirving Lozano clinched the Serie A title with his club, becoming the first Mexican player to achieve this feat.
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Hirving Lozano was a key player of the team which reached the Champions League quarter-finals.
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On 6 June 2024, Major League Soccer club San Diego FC announced that Hirving Lozano would join the club ahead of their 2025 inaugural season, signing a four-year contract through 2028 for approximately $12 million, set to be activated on 1 January 2025.
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In December 2014, Hirving Lozano was called up by Sergio Almaguer to participate with the under-20 side in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
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Hirving Lozano went on to score three more goals and notched another assist in the tournament.
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In May 2015, Hirving Lozano was then called up to participate in the U-20 World Cup, where he would appear in all three group stage matches.
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On 18 September 2015, Hirving Lozano was selected by coach Raul Gutierrez to play in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship.
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On 7 July 2016, Hirving Lozano was named in the 18-man squad that would participate in that year's Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Hirving Lozano was included in the provisional roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup by Miguel Herrera but was cut from the final list, remaining in the Provisional List if someone else got injured.
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Hirving Lozano received his first call-up to the senior national team in February 2016 under coach Juan Carlos Osorio.
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Hirving Lozano was included in Mexico's 23-man squad to participate at the Copa America Centenario.
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Hirving Lozano appeared in all matches of the tournament, culminating in a quarter-final exit.
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On 8 June 2017, Hirving Lozano was named in Mexico's 23-man squad for the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
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Hirving Lozano's performance led him to be named man of the match.
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On 1 September 2017, Hirving Lozano scored the only goal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Panama, thus booking Mexico's qualification to the tournament.
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On 4 June 2018, Hirving Lozano was named in Mexico's 23-man squad for the World Cup.
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Hirving Lozano started in the final group fixture against Sweden, and in the round of 16 loss against Brazil.
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Hirving Lozano was included in coach Gerardo Martino's preliminary squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, however he was ruled out of the tournament after having not fully recovered from a knee injury suffered while playing with PSV.
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On 14 November 2022, Hirving Lozano was named in Mexico's 26-man squad for the World Cup.
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Hirving Lozano appeared in all matches as a starter, where Mexico had a group-stage exit, their first since 1978.
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Mainly right-footed, Hirving Lozano is generally deployed on the left wing, but can play on the right or as a central striker.
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Hirving Lozano has quite good creative vision, particularly for a 20 year-old.
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Hirving Lozano has been criticized for a lack of discipline: railing against authority during his time with Pachuca, being involved in on-field incidents with little provocation, and picking up eight red cards despite at a young age: five with Pachuca, one with the Mexico U-23 team, and two red cards in his first season at PSV.
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Hirving Lozano has been compared to Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, in both playing style and personality.
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Hirving Lozano has cited Rafael Marquez and Damian Alvarez as players he grew up idolizing.
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Early in his career, Hirving Lozano was considered to be one of the best young players in the world.
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Hirving Lozano was listed among various publications as one of the best 100 players for 2018, appearing on the lists of Goal.
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Hirving Lozano has a younger brother named Bryan Mauricio who is a footballer.
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Hirving Lozano married his girlfriend Ana Obregon in 2014, whom he met while playing for Pachuca.
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Hirving Lozano is popularly known as Chucky, after the doll of the Child's Play horror film series.
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Hirving Lozano reportedly got the moniker during his youth career, as he used to hide under team-mates' beds and scare them.