Miguel Ángel Ortiz

Miguel Ángel Ortiz
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Ortiz
Date of birth (1947-09-29)29 September 1947
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of death 22 July 1995(1995-07-22) (aged 47)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Colón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1970 Colón
1970–1971 Liverpool-URU
1972–1975 Montevideo Wanderers (9)
1976–1977 Atlético Mineiro 100 (7)
1978 Comercial-SP (1)
1979–1980 Caxias
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2024

Miguel Ángel Ortiz (29 September 1947 – 22 July 1995), was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Formed in Colón's youth categories, Miguel Ángel Ortiz stood out in particular at Montevideo Wanderers and Atlético Mineiro, where he scored goals from penalties. He was the first goalkeeper to score a goal in the Copa Libertadores, on 5 April 1975, for Wanderers against Unión Huaral.[1]

For Atlético Mineiro he made 100 appearances and scored 7 goals,[2] 2 of which came in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, against CRB and Vasco da Gama.[3] He was state champion with the club in 1976, but fell out of favor with the fans after an accusation of bribery to hand over a match to rival Cruzeiro in 1977.[4] He ended up being traded to Comercial de Ribeirão Preto in 1978, where he scored another goal in official matches.[5] Ortiz ended his career in 1980 at SER Caxias.[6]

Honours

Atlético Mineiro

Death

Ortiz died on 22 July 1995 due to cirrhosis of the liver.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "El argentino del Montevideo Wanderers, Miguel Ángel Ortiz, un precursor. Fue el primer arquero en convertir un penal. Lo marcó a Unión Huaral el 5 de abril de 1975 en el Estadio Nacional de Lima". CONMEBOL (official website) (in Spanish). 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Miguel Ángel Ortiz". Galo Digital (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ Rodolfo Rodrigues (16 September 2020). "Ceni lidera: veja quem são os goleiros que já marcaram gols no Brasileirão". UOL Esportes (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "No "berço" de Ortiz: Atlético-MG joga em Santa Fe, onde nasceu folclórico goleiro-artilheiro do Galo". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Comercial/RP". Futebol80 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Ortiz (Ex-goleiro do Galo)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.