Nicolás Ortiz (footballer, born 1995) should not be confused with Nicolás Ortiz (footballer, born 1984).
| Nicolás Ortiz | |
| Fullname: | Nicolás Darío Ortiz |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Guaymallén, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | UTC |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthclubs1: | Gimnasia LP |
| Years1: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Gimnasia LP |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Estudiantes (loan) |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Quilmes (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Olmedo |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020– |
| Clubs5: | UT Cajamarca |
| Caps5: | 75 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 19:20, 6 October 2022 (UTC) |
Nicolás Darío Ortiz (born 4 March 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for UT Cajamarca.[1]
Ortiz began with Gimnasia y Esgrima of the Argentine Primera División.[1] [2] In January 2016, Ortiz was loaned to Primera B Nacional team Estudiantes.[3] He made his professional debut on 3 April in a win against Atlético Paraná, coming on as a substitute at 1–1.[1] He featured seven more times in 2016, before playing four times in the following campaign of 2016–17.[1] [4] He returned to Gimnasia y Esgrima in January 2017 and appeared on the club's first-team bench on 27 May against Colón but was unused.[1] [5] In May 2018, Ortiz scored on his debut versus Newell's Old Boys; father Darío was caretaker manager.[6]
On 20 June, Primera B Nacional's Quilmes loaned Ortiz; having renewed his contract with Gimnasia y Esgrima until 2020.[1] [7] Nine appearances followed for Quilmes before he went back to his parent club, who loaned him out to Ecuadorian Serie A side Olmedo on 16 January 2019.[1] [8] Like with Gimnasia y Esgrima, Ortiz netted on his bow for Olmedo in a 3–2 defeat to L.D.U. Quito on 9 February.[1] He scored one further time, versus Independiente del Valle, in eighteen games for the Ecuadorian team.[1] In January 2020, Ortiz moved to Peru with UT Cajamarca.[9]
Nicolás Ortiz is the son of former professional footballer Darío Ortiz.[3] [5]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | 2016 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Estudiantes (loan) | 2016 | Primera B Nacional | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Quilmes (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Olmedo (loan) | 2019 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| UT Cajamarca (loan) | 2020 | Peruvian Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||