Francisco Ortega (footballer, born 1999)

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Francisco Ortega
Personal information
Full name Francisco Gabriel Ortega[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)
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 35 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Argentina U20 12 (0)
2019–2021 Argentina U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 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

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

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

As of match played 29 May 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
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 12 0 0 0 — 5 0 17 0
Total 35 0 2 0 — 18 0 55 0
Career total 120 3 10 0 31 0 36 0 197 3
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Greek Football Cup
  2. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Olympiacos

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Argentina - F. Ortega". Soccerway. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Francisco Ortega: Vértigo y equilibrio en un mismo jugador". Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de Francisco Ortega". BDFA. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Junto al Sub 20 rumbo a Europa". Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. ^ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. ^ "El Kaabi swoops to secure Greece's first major European trophy". UEFA. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.