Néstor Ortigoza

Néstor Ortigoza
Ortigoza with Paraguay in 2016
Personal information
Full name Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza[1]
Date of birth (1984-10-07) 7 October 1984 (age 40)
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
Representing  Paraguay
Copa América
Runner-up 2011 Argentina Team
*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.

Club career

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

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

[edit]
Argentinos Juniors
Emirates Club
San Lorenzo
Rosario Central

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Emirates sign a contract with Paraguay pro. Nestor Ortigoza". UAE Pro League. official website. 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Néstor Ortigoza es nuevo jugador de Rosario Central". Deportes RCN. 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ ¿Ortigoza al Ciclón?, ole.com.ar, 8 September 2020
  5. ^ "Martino quiere a Ortigoza para la Selección de Paraguay – Infobae.com". infobae.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009.
  6. ^ Ortigoza consiguió su nacionalización Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine at La Nacion (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Reuters Staff (30 September 2009). "Soccer-Paraguay name Argentine-born Ortigoza in squad". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 – via uk.reuters.com. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Noticias | Argentinos Juniors". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  9. ^ Jamie Rainbow (6 October 2011). "Tactics: Uruguay's flexible friend". World Soccer. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  10. ^ Sam Kelly (17 December 2014). "Three Points: San Lorenzo struggle to overcome a valiant Auckland City". ESPN FC. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Paul Scholes, Xavi and Andrea Pirlo revive the deep-lying playmaker". The Guardian. London. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Paraguay Squad". World Soccer. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Nestor Ortigoza, an almost infallible penalty taker". CONMEBOL. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
[edit]


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Néstor_Ortigoza&oldid=1254939001"