Victor Orta

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Victor Orta
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-12-28) 28 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2005–2006 Real Valladolid (sporting director)
2013–2014 Zenit (sporting director)
2014–2015 Elche (sporting director)
2015–2017 Middlesbrough (sporting director)
2017–2023 Leeds (director of football)
2023– Sevilla (sporting director)

Victor Orta (born 28 December 1978) is a football executive who is currently sporting director of Spanish top-flight club Sevilla.

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Early life

Orta is a native of Madrid, Spain. [1]

Career

Middlesbrough

On 19 December 2015, Orta became sporting director of Middlesbrough in the second division. Orta was responsible for developing a transfer policy that brought in key players such as Gastón Ramírez, Víctor Valdés, Patrick Bamford, Adama Traoré, and Alvaro Negredo. Middlesbrough under Orta would gain immediate promotion to the top-flight Premier League, having finished in 2nd place in the EFL Championship.

Leeds United

On 30 May 2017, Orta was hired by English second division side Leeds United, as Director of Football. [2] Orta would bring in Argentine Marcelo Bielsa who transfirmed the football club on and off the field. Bielsa would gain promotion with Leeds in 2020 and finish 9th in the Premier League adopting a gung-ho, high-pressing style of play, unusual for a newly promoted side.

The following season would be less successful, as the majority of Orta's signings since promotion failed to live up to expectation. Orta looked to undermine Bielsa to gain greater control over future incomings and identified US coach Jesse Marcsh as a replacement. Bielsa's refusal to accept Harry Winks, Dele Alli and Donny Van de Beek in the January transfer window led to tension between them and he was sacked by Orta in February 2022, despite huge fan protests. Orta signed Max Wober, Georginio and Weston McKennie for Marsch, but all three struggled at PL level. Orta parted ways with Leeds United on 2 May 2023 shortly before relegation was confirmed and after his appointment of Javi Garcia, to replace Marsch, had failed to have any impact on the team. It became increasingly clear that Orta's poor recruitment of players and failure to support the iconic Bielsa had been instrumental in the loss of PL status.

Orta left the club with a difficult summer ahead as most of his signings had been offered loan clauses in the event of relegation and they were unable to sell them to alleviate the drop in income.

Sevilla

On 1 July 2023, Orta was appointed as sporting director of Spanish top-flight club Sevilla. In Orta's first season at the club, he replaced existing head coach José Luis Mendilibar with Diego Alonso, a Uruguayan who had previously been in charge of the Uruguay national team, as well as an ill-fated spell as Inter Miami's inaugural head coach. Alonso however would only last two months and 14 games at Sevilla, owing to a record of seven losses, five draws, and just two wins. Orta then opted to replace Alonso with fellow Madrid native Quique Sánchez Flores. After winning his first match in charge of the club 3-0 away to Andalusian rivals Granada, Quique Flores would see out the rest of the season for Sevilla and the club would finish 14th in the league, its worst placing since gaining promotion to the top-flight in the 2000-01 season.

Quique Flores decided to part ways with Sevilla at the end of the 2023-24 season, and Orta would again be tasked with finding a new manager for the club. Orta next turned to Francisco García Pimienta, a Catalan formerly of Las Palmas and Barcelona Atlètic. Orta oversaw an overhaul of the club squad in Summer 2024, with high-profile exits such as Thomas Delaney, Erik Lamela, Sergio Ramos, Adnan Januzaj, Óscar, and Youssef En-Nesyri being replaced by the likes of Chidera Ejuke, Peque, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Saúl, and Kelechi Iheanacho.

Personal life

Orta has a son. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Víctor Orta: "Soy un friqui del fútbol y no me avergüenzo"". as.com.
  2. ↑ "Victor Orta at Leeds: From Bielsa brilliance to Gracia – and total conviction to the bitter end". theathletic.com (Archived).
  3. ↑ "Victor Orta on leaving Leeds, facing Arsenal and replacing Monchi at Sevilla". inews.co.uk.
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