| Francisco Ortega | |
| Fullname: | Francisco Gabriel Ortega[1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Rosa de Lima, Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Olympiacos |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Velez Sarsfield |
| Years1: | 2017–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Velez Sarsfield |
| Caps1: | 85 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Olympiacos |
| Caps2: | 24 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Argentina U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Francisco Gabriel Ortega (born 19 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League club Olympiacos.[2]
Ortega's career began in Vélez Sarsfield's youth system, originally arriving in 2013.[3] He made his senior professional debut for the club in November 2017, during a 3–0 home victory over Olimpo.[2] [4] Throughout the rest of the 2017–18 campaign, Ortega made ten further league appearances.[2]
June 2017 saw Ortega train with the Argentina national team in Australia and Singapore. In 2018, Ortega received a call-up for the Argentina U20s for friendlies with England U18s and Real Madrid Castilla.[5] He played the full duration of a 2–1 defeat to England on 23 March.[6] In December, Ortega was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[7] After appearing six times in Chile, Ortega was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[2] [8] In the succeeding September, Ortega was picked by the U23s ahead of a friendly with Bolivia.[9] In Argentina's opening match of the 2021 Olympic Games Ortega was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 140 | 3 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 109 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 181 | 3 | |||
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