María Victoria Losada Gómez (born 5 March 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brighton & Hove Albion, which she also captains, and the Catalonia national team.
2011 marked new beginnings for the club, as Losada started in the final of the 2011 Copa de la Reina, helping Barcelona win their first major trophy in almost two decades.
[10] Barcelona completed the domestic double by defeating Prainsa Zaragoza 4–1 in the final of the 2013 Copa de la Reina, with Losada starting and scoring the first goal.
Barcelona recorded their second consecutive domestic double, this time finishing the regular season with a ten-point lead over second place Athletic Bilbao.
[12] The 2013–14 season concluded with another win in the 2014 Copa de la Reina, where Losada did not feature in the final but was awarded the title due to her participation in the campaign.
[24] In the months following her comeback, Barcelona advanced through the group stages and knockout rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League to reach the club's first ever semi-final of the tournament.
Barcelona placed second in the league to Atletico Madrid for the second season in a row, but again redeemed themselves with their 2018 Copa de la Reina run.
The semifinal against Athletic Bilbao ended 2–2 in extra time and forced a penalty shootout, with Losada successfully converting hers and making way for the team to reach the final.
[31] Losada missed the first few months of the 2019–20 season due to injury, but made her comeback against Deportivo de La Coruña on 24 November 2019, subbing on for Alexia Putellas in the 65th minute.
[citation needed] She captained Barcelona to their 10–1 inaugural Supercopa de España humiliation against Real Sociedad on 9 February 2020 and their fifth league title on 8 May, after Covid-19 resulted in the season ending prematurely in January.
In the 2020–21 season, she started more than half of the matches on the bench as she captained her team to the postponed 2020 Copa de la Reina victory over Logroño by 3–0.
[32] On 17 April, she became the footballer with the second-most appearances for Barcelona's women team's history with 361 matches, only behind teammate Melanie Serrano, who had 474.
[45] In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Losada in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.
[46] Losada played in each match of the group stages but was on the bench for Spain's tournament exit, a 3–1 loss to Norway in the quarterfinals.
[51] Under new national team coach Jorge Vilda, Spain won in every match of their 2017 Euro Qualifier group, where Losada scored four goals in three games versus Ireland, Portugal and Montenegro.
[52][53][54] At the 2017 Euro, Spain put in an uninspiring group stage performance, their only win coming against Portugal, in which Losada scored a goal as the match finished 2–0.
Losada started that match versus the United States but was taken off in the 32nd minute after a collision with Sam Mewis that gave her a black eye.
[59] Barcelona Arsenal Manchester City Roma Spain Individual Losada is married to the retired Irish soccer player Emma Byrne.