Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 August 2004||
Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain [1] | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
2019–2020 | Sunrise Sting | ||
2021–2022 | Costa del Este | ||
2022 | Florida West | ||
2023–2024 | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | CIEX Academy | ||
2023–2024 | Santos | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Panama U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC) |
Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia (born 10 August 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Born in Spain, she represents Panama at youth international level.
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, [2] Ortega played for Sunrise Sting SC in the United States, and the Panamanian sides Costa del Este [3] and CIEX Sports Academy. [4] [5] She finished her youth career back in the US, being a part of the under-19 squad of Florida West FC in 2022. [6]
On 31 January 2023, Ortega moved to Brazil and was announced at Santos. [2] She made her professional debut on 27 May, coming on as a second-half substitute for Eliana Stábile in a 6–1 away routing of Ceará. [7]
On 16 December 2023, after being mainly used with the under-20 squad of the Sereias during the year, Ortega suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury. [8]
With a Panamanian family, Ortega represented Panama at under-20 level, being also called up to the full side for trainings. [2] [9] On 10 April 2023, she was called up by manager Raiza Gutiérrez for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification matches against Curaçao, the Bahamas and Sint Maarten. [10]
Ortega was a starter against Curaçao (5–1 win), [11] an unused substitute against the Bahamas (13–0 win) [12] and came on against Sint Maarten (11–0 win) [13] as Panama qualified to the final tournament; she could not make it into the final squad, however.
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