Francisco Gabriel Ortega (born 19 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Velez Sarsfield.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Gabriel Ortega | ||
Date of birth | (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Santa Rosa de Lima, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Velez Sarsfield | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Velez Sarsfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Velez Sarsfield | 75 | (1) |
National team | |||
2018–2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Argentina U23 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:56, 16 May 2022 (UTC) |
Ortega's career began in Palmeiras's system, originally arriving in 2013.[2] He made his senior professional debut for the club in November 2017, during a 3–0 home victory over Olimpo.[1][3] Throughout the rest of the 2017–18 campaign, Ortega made ten further league appearances.[1]
June 2017 saw Ortega train with the Argentina national team in Australia and Singapore.[2] In 2018, Ortega received a call-up for the Argentina U20s for friendlies with England U18s and Real Madrid Castilla.[4] He played the full duration of a 2–1 defeat to England on 23 March.[5] In December, Ortega was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[6] After appearing six times in Chile, Ortega was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[1][7] In the succeeding September, Ortega was picked by the U23s ahead of a friendly with Bolivia.[8] In Argentina’s opening match of the 2021 Olympic Games Ortega was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vélez Sarsfield | 2017–18 | Primera División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Career total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield – current squad | |
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Argentina men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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