The new player of the azulón team is one of the target cards José Bordalás has.
Can Anthony Lozano live up to expectations at Getafe? The Madrid side’s new player is one of the target cards José Bordalás has, with the Azulona Parish hoping the Honduran can replicate what was done in Cadiz.
Why do they call Honduran Getafe footballer Anthony Lozano ‘Choco’? Origin of the nickname
The 30-year-old Honduran international striker arrived at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez this summer with the letter of liberty after terminating his contract with the Cadiz team and signing with Getafe for the next three seasons, until 2026.
Lozano trained with CD Olimpia in Honduras before signing for Valencia in 2011. In his first season in Spain, he played on loan to Alcoyano in Segunda before returning to Mestalla to play for their subsidiary. From 2015 to 2017 he played for Tenerife and scored 19 goals in two seasons in Segunda, a record that allowed him to play half of the 2017/2018 season with Barcelona B. He did the other half at Girona, where he was also next. class.
And although it is not ‘new’ in Spain, there are still many people who do not know why they call it ‘Choco’. What is the origin of your nickname? Born Anthony Lozano in 1993, the attacker has been known as ‘Choco’ for many years.
As he explained to LaLiga, it was also his brother’s nickname and they passed it on to him, who earned that title because he played in the goalscoring like the exporter Milton ‘Chocolate’ Flores. In addition, he joked in his day that it was his destiny to sign for Cádiz, given the city’s famous recipe for “potatoes with choco”.
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Source: Goal