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Ariel Ortega

Argentine footballer

Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football player. He plays for River Plate.

Ariel Ortega
Ortega in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ariel Arnaldo Ortega
Date of birth (1974-03-04) 4 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Ledesma, Jujuy, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) 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)
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
FIFA Confederations Cup
Silver medal – second place 1995 Saudi Arabia Team Competition
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
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
  1. ↑ Three appearances in 1994 FIFA World Cup
  2. ↑ Four appearances in 1995 Copa América
  3. ↑ Five appearances and 2 goals in 1998 FIFA World Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in 1999 Copa América
  5. ↑ Three appearances in 2002 FIFA World Cup
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal.
List of international goals scored by Ariel Ortega
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   Republic of 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 change

River Plate

Parma

Newell's Old Boys

Argentina U-23

Argentina

Individual

  • South American Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002[7]
  • FIFA XI: 2001[8]

References change

  1. ↑ "Ariel Ortega". Club Atlético River Plate. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007.
  2. ↑ "Ortega said: Gracias a la camiseta de River y a los hinchas" (in Spanish). Olé.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Historical Data". LFP. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Player Details". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com.
  6. ↑ "Ariel Ortega". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  7. ↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.

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