Hirving Lozano

Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena was born on July 30, 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico to Jesús Lozano and Ana María Bahena. He has a younger brother named Bryan Mauricio Lozano Bahena who is also a footballer and plays as a midfielder for Club Universidad Nacional.

Hirving Lozano joined the youth team of Mexican professional football team C.F. Pachuca in 2009. He played in the junior ranks of the club for five seasons before his senior team debut.

On his Liga MX debut against Club América as a substitute on February 8, 2014, he scored his first goal within five minutes of entering the field to secure a 1-0 win. Playing his debut tournament, the Clausura 2014, with Pachuca first team, he scored the last goal to secure a 3-2 win over León on their home ground despite conceding two goals earlier.

They unfortunately lost the return final match to León by 2-0 and finished the tournament as runner-ups. However, the team once again reached the final of the Clausura 2016, in which they defeated Monterrey 2–1 on aggregate in the finals to clinch the league.

Reaching the Clausura finals allowed them to qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, which they also won by defeating fellow Mexican club Tigres UANL in the finals in April 2017. Lozano scored eight goals in eight matches and was awarded the Golden Boot as the highest scorer, along with the ‘Best Young Player Award’.

It was announced on June 19, 2017, that he had signed a six-year contract till 2023 with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. Confirming the deal, PSV Football Director Marcel Brands revealed that they are happy to have the youngster into their fold after six months OF long grueling negotiations.

Playing for the Mexican national U-20 team, Hirving Lozano participated in the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, in which he scored a brace and assisted in four more goals in the team's first game against Cuba. Mexico won the tournament for the 13th time and secured a berth for the under-20 World Cup in New Zealand, while he finished with a total of five goals to earn the Golden Boot.

On September 18, 2015, he was selected by Mexican U-23 coach Raúl Gutierrez to play in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, which the team won by 2-0 defeating Honduras. During the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the following year, he was sent off in stoppage time after shoving a Korean player in their third group match, which they lost and were eliminated.

On February 10, 2016, he made his national debut for the senior team, under coach Juan Carlos Osorio, as a starter in the friendly against Senegal, assisting in the second goal in a 2-0 win. He scored his first international goal for Mexico in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying third round match against Canada and helped the team to a 3-0 win.

He played for Mexico in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup during which he scored the winning goal in the 2-1 win against hosts Russia in the final group stage match. He chased a long clearance from Héctor Herrera and beat goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to the ball towards the edge of the box to score into the open net.