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 | 23 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018–2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Argentina U23 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 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]
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]
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.
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
Career total | 108 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 180 | 3 |
Olympiacos
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