Ariel Ortega
Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football player. He plays for River Plate.
.jpg) Ortega in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Arnaldo Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Ledesma, Jujuy, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1990 | Atlético Ledesma[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | River Plate | 134 | (30) |
| 1997–1998 | Valencia | 32 | (9) |
| 1998–1999 | Sampdoria | 27 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | Parma | 18 | (3) |
| 2000–2002 | River Plate | 56 | (23) |
| 2002–2003 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | (5) |
| 2004–2006 | Newell's Old Boys | 53 | (11) |
| 2006–2012 | River Plate | 82 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | → Independiente (Riv) (loan) | 25 | (4) |
| 2011 | → All Boys (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Def. Belgrano (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| Total | 480 | (109) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–2010 | Argentina | 88 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 1991–92 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| 1992–93 | 27 | 5 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 34 | 6 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 40 | 8 | |||
| 1994–95 | 25 | 7 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 33 | 8 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 23 | 7 | – | 22 | 3 | – | 45 | 10 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 16 | 6 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 134 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 5 | – | 185 | 39 | |||
| Valencia | 1996–97[3] | La Liga | 12 | 7 | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | |||
| 1997–98[3] | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 9 | ||||
| Sampdoria | 1998–99 | Serie A | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 9 | ||
| Parma | 1999–2000 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| River Plate | 2000–01 | Primera División | 27 | 9 | – | 12 | 3 | – | 39 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 | 29 | 14 | – | 10 | 2 | – | 39 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 23 | — | 22 | 5 | – | 78 | 28 | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 2002–03[4] | Süper Lig | 14 | 5 | – | 6[d] | 0 | – | 20 | 5 | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2004–05 | Primera División | 24 | 5 | — | – | – | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2005–06 | 29 | 6 | — | 7[5] | 0 | – | 36 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 11 | — | 7 | 0 | – | 60 | 11 | ||||
| River Plate | 2006–07 | Primera División | 18 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | – | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | – | 35 | 6 | ||||
| Independiente Rivadavia (loan) | 2008–09 | Primera B Nacional | 25 | 4 | — | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| River Plate | 2009–10 | Primera División | 22 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 1 | — | – | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 12 | — | 14 | 2 | – | 96 | 14 | ||||
| All Boys (loan) | 2010–11 | Primera División | 12 | 0 | — | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Def. Belgrano (loan) | 2011–12 | Primera B Metropolitana | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 480 | 109 | 16 | 4 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 597 | 126 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10[a] | 1 | |
| 1995 | 16[b] | 2 | |
| 1996 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 13[c] | 5 | |
| 1999 | 8[d] | 2 | |
| 2000 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4[e] | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 17 | |
- ↑ Three appearances in 1994 FIFA World Cup
- ↑ Four appearances in 1995 Copa América
- ↑ Five appearances and 2 goals in 1998 FIFA World Cup
- ↑ One appearance in 1999 Copa América
- ↑ Three appearances in 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 December 1994 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Yugoslavia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 January 1995 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Japan |
2–0 | 5–1 | 1995 King Fahd Cup |
| 3 | 20 September 1995 | Madrid, Spain |  Spain |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 24 April 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Bolivia |
1–0 | 3–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 9 October 1996 | San Cristóbal, Venezuela |  Venezuela |
1–1 | 5–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 30 April 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 22 April 1998 | Dublin, Ireland |  Ireland |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 14 May 1998 | La Plata, Argentina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 25 May 1998 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  South Africa |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 21 June 1998 | Paris, France |  Jamaica |
1–0 | 5–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| 13 | 7 September 1999 | Porto Alegre, Brazil |  Brazil |
2–4 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 14 | 13 October 1999 | La Plata, Argentina |  Colombia |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 15 | 26 April 2000 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Venezuela |
2–0 | 4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 3–0 | |||||
| 17 | 15 November 2000 | Santiago, Chile |  Chile |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
River Plate
- Primera División: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
- Copa Libertadores: 1996
Parma
Newell's Old Boys
Argentina U-23
- Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1995
- Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1996
Argentina
- FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 1995
Individual
References
- ↑ "Ariel Ortega". Club Atlético River Plate. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007.
- ↑ "Ortega said: Gracias a la camiseta de River y a los hinchas" (in español). Olé.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Historical Data". LFP. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ↑ "Player Details". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ↑ "CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com.
- ↑ Ariel Ortega at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ South American Team of the Year. 16 January 2009. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
Other websites
- Ariel Ortega – FIFA competition record
- Ariel Ortega at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ariel Ortega at BDFutbol
- River Plate – Sitio Oficial (in Spanish)