 Ortigoza with Paraguay in 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Antonio de Padua, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Argentinos Juniors | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Argentinos Juniors | 127 | (17) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | → Nueva Chicago (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | San Lorenzo | 148 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Emirates Club (loan) | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Olimpia | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Rosario Central | 26 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Estudiantes Río Cuarto | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | San Lorenzo | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Paraguay | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 24 April 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnestoɾ oɾtiˈɣosa]; born 7 October 1984) is a former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for San Lorenzo de Almagro. Born in Argentina, he played for the Paraguay national team.
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Club career
Ortigoza started his career in 2004, playing for Argentinos Juniors. In 2005, he had a brief loan spell with Nueva Chicago before returning to Argentinos. In 2007, he began to establish himself as an important member of the first team squad and in 2009 he became a near permanent fixture in the first team squad after the appointment of Claudio Borghi as the manager of Argentinos Juniors.
Ortigoza was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 17 of the club's 19 games and scored 3 goals during their championship winning campaign been their captain and was selected Footballer of the Year in Argentina.
In 2011, San Lorenzo bought Ortigoza from Argentinos Juniors for $2,200,000 on a three-year contract.
In July 2012, Ortigoza signed a one-year loan contract with Emirates Club in the United Arab Emirates.[2]
In December 2017, Ortigoza signed with Rosario Central from Olimpia.[3]
After a half year at Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, it was rumoured that Ortigoza had moved to Bolivian club Club Atlético Ciclón in September 2020. However, Ortigoza still stayed at Estudiantes[4] before returning to San Lorenzo in 2021.
International career
Ortigoza's father is Paraguayan, meaning that the Paraguay national football team's coach Gerardo Martino had the interest of Ortigoza playing for the Paraguay national team due to Ortigoza is entitled to request Paraguayan citizenship.[5]
On 8 April 2009, Ortigoza obtained Paraguayan nationality, which enabled him to play for the Paraguayan national team.[6] He was subsequently called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Venezuela and Colombia, as well as the main tournament.[7][8] On 14 October 2014, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 away defeat to China PR in a friendly.
International goal
- Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 October 2014 | Helong Stadium, Changsha, China PR |  China |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Style of play
Néstor Ortigoza is known for stocky, physical build, and his ability to win the ball as a central midfielder. His range of distribution and his slow-paced, intelligent, precise passing game also enable him to influence games from deeper positions in midfield, where he can set the tempo of his team's play and orchestrate attacking moves.[9][10][11][12][13] He is also a penalty kick specialist.[14]
Honours
- Argentinos Juniors
- Emirates Club
- San Lorenzo
- Rosario Central
References
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Emirates sign a contract with Paraguay pro. Nestor Ortigoza". UAE Pro League. official website. 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Néstor Ortigoza es nuevo jugador de Rosario Central". Deportes RCN. 29 December 2017.
- ^ ¿Ortigoza al Ciclón?, ole.com.ar, 8 September 2020
- ^ "Martino quiere a Ortigoza para la Selección de Paraguay – Infobae.com". infobae.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009.
- ^ Ortigoza consiguió su nacionalización Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine at La Nacion (in Spanish)
- ^ Reuters Staff (30 September 2009). "Soccer-Paraguay name Argentine-born Ortigoza in squad" – via uk.reuters.com.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Noticias | Argentinos Juniors". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Jamie Rainbow (6 October 2011). "Tactics: Uruguay's flexible friend". World Soccer. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ Sam Kelly (17 December 2014). "Three Points: San Lorenzo struggle to overcome a valiant Auckland City". ESPN FC. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ Tim Vickery (1 February 2016). "Tim Vickery's Notes from South America: tough baptism for Bauza at Sao Paulo". World Soccer. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Paul Scholes, Xavi and Andrea Pirlo revive the deep-lying playmaker". The Guardian. London. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Paraguay Squad". World Soccer. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Nestor Ortigoza, an almost infallible penalty taker". CONMEBOL. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
External links
- Néstor Ortigoza – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Football lineups player profile
- Néstor Ortigoza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics (in Spanish)
- Néstor Ortigoza at Soccerway
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