Francisco Ortega (footballer, born 1999)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Gabriel Ortega[1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Rosa de Lima, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Velez Sarsfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2023 | Velez Sarsfield | 85 | (3) |
2023– | Olympiacos | 34 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018–2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Argentina U23 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024 (UTC) |
Francisco Gabriel Ortega (born 19 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League club Olympiacos.[2]
Club career
[edit]Ortega's career began in Vélez Sarsfield's youth system, originally arriving in 2013.[3] He made his senior professional debut for the club in November 2017, during a 3–0 home victory over Olimpo.[2][4] Throughout the rest of the 2017–18 campaign, Ortega made ten further league appearances.[2]
International career
[edit]June 2017 saw Ortega train with the Argentina national team in Australia and Singapore.[3] In 2018, Ortega received a call-up for the Argentina U20s for friendlies with England U18s and Real Madrid Castilla.[5] He played the full duration of a 2–1 defeat to England on 23 March.[6] In December, Ortega was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[7] After appearing six times in Chile, Ortega was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[2][8] In the succeeding September, Ortega was picked by the U23s ahead of a friendly with Bolivia.[9] In Argentina's opening match of the 2021 Olympic Games Ortega was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 29 May 2024[2]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vélez Sarsfield | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2021 | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
2022 | Argentine Primera División | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
2023 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
Total | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 140 | 3 | ||
Olympiacos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13[b] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Super League Greece | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | 54 | 0 | |||
Career total | 119 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 196 | 3 |
- ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Greek Football Cup
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Olympiacos
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Argentina - F. Ortega". Soccerway. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Francisco Ortega: Vértigo y equilibrio en un mismo jugador". Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de Francisco Ortega". BDFA. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Junto al Sub 20 rumbo a Europa". Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "A second-half comeback in Manchester sees Young Lions beat a mixed-age Argentina team". The Football Association. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "El Kaabi swoops to secure Greece's first major European trophy". UEFA. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Francisco Ortega at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Argentina
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- UEFA Conference League–winning players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen