Ariel Ortega

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Ariel Ortega
Personal information
Full name Ariel Ortega
Date of birth 4 March 1974 (1974-03-04) (age 38)
Place of birth Ledesma, Jujuy, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Defensores de Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1996 River Plate 134 (30)
1997–1998 Valencia 29 (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)
2006–2011 River Plate 82 (12)
2008–2009 → Independiente Rivadavia (loan) 25 (4)
2011 → All Boys (loan) 12 (0)
2011– Defensores de Belgrano 2 (2)
National team‡
1993–2010 Argentina 87 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:01, 20 July 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" ("The Little Donkey"), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega".

Ortega's previous clubs include Fenerbahçe, Parma, Sampdoria, Valencia, and Newell's Old Boys. Ortega played for his country in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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[edit] Biography

He is well known for his pace, ability and skills from dead ball situations, ball trickery, clever body feints and lobbed shots. At his prime he was one of the best dribblers in the world. Along with his skills, Ortega is infamously temperamental.

[edit] Europe

Ortega left Argentina in 1996. He played 1½ seasons for Valencia CF before being signed by Sampdoria in 1998, for 23 billion Italian lire,[1] replacing Juan Sebastián Verón. After the club was relegated to Serie B, Ortega joined Parma AC, rejoining national and former club team-mate Hernán Crespo, replacing Verón again who left for Lazio. Parma paid Sampdoria 28 billion lire.[2] However, in the following season he returned to Argentina with River Plate, to compensate unpaid 12 billion lire transfer fees of Crespo. (The 10% of the transfer fees to Lazio) Claudio Husaín also joined the club.[3] River Plate acquired 50% registration rights of Ortega for 5.5 million dollars.[4]

[edit] Fenerbahçe and ban

In May 2002, Fenerbahçe signed Ortega from River Plate for a fee of USD 7,500,000 (USD 2,500,000 of which was paid to Parma). Fenerbahçe also bought his image rights for a further USD 1,500,000. Ortega signed a 4-year contract.[5] He was one of the key players of the team, scoring 5 goals in 14 matches.

Fenerbahçe were forced to file a complaint to FIFA in April 2003 as Ortega had failed to return from international duty since 12 February 2003.[5] In June 2003 the FIFA Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) ordered Ortega to pay Fenerbahçe USD 11,000,000 as compensation for breach of an employment contract and suspended him until 30 December 2003.[5] Ortega appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in July 2003 but the case was dismissed on 5 November.[5] Ortega served a 4 month suspension from that day.[5] After the ban he was without a club..

[edit] Return to Argentina

In 2004, when he could finally come back to football, he joined Newell's Old Boys after he was called by his friend Américo Gallego, who at the time was Newell's' coach. Newell paid an unknown sum to Fenerbahçe as part compensation for what Ortega owed the club. They won the Apertura 2004.

On June 2006 he went back to his first team River Plate, where he played for about half of the Apertura 2006,[6] before he stopped to begin treatment for alcoholism. On January 2007, during River's pre-season in Mar del Plata, and one day after playing an excellent game in which he scored, he surprised everyone with another alcoholic episode, after which River Plate's doctors suggested to the coach that Ortega should go back to Buenos Aires to resume treatment for his problem.

Coach Daniel Passarella later brought Ortega back, stating he was ready for a comeback. On March 15, 2007, in a Copa Libertadores 2007 match against LDU Quito, Ortega formed part of River's bench but was not given a chance to play. However, three days later, in a league match versus Quilmes, he came on during the second half to help break the opposing team's defense in a tight 0-0 up to that point. Ortega scored a controversial goal with his hand, in the 93rd minute, to give River the victory and himself a great comeback.

Upon the arrival of Diego Simeone as head coach of River, Ortega allegedly lost some "protections" he was rumoured to have and, despite being an important part of the team that achieved the Clausura 2008 title, Simeone left him out of the squad for the upcoming season, reasoning his decision on Ortega having several times not come to train as well as some episodes of alcoholism.[7][8][9] After some controversy [10] and rumours [11][12] in the winter window of Argentine market, he was loaned to Nacional B side Independiente Rivadavia,[13] signing a one year contract where a twice a week trip to a Chilean Special Treatment Center for alcoholics [14] is one of the clauses. On 1 May 2009 the player has been let go by Independiente officials. The club decided to terminate his contract in advance. Ortega was on loan from River Plate. On his first game back in River Plate, 25 July 2009, he scored an outstanding chip shot goal to give River a 1-0 victory over Everton F.C. of England in Edmonton, Canada during the preseason. In the 2009 Apertura, Ortega scored a wonder lobbed goal against Chacarita Juniors to give River Plate a 4-3 victory. Later in the tournament, he scored a last minute equalizer against Estudiantes.

In the 2010 Clausura, Ortega started River's first two matches, but suffered another alcoholic relapse and missed the next ten games before returning against Newell's Old Boys in the 13th round of matches.

In 2011 he was loaned to Defensores de Belgrano

[edit] International

Ortega was included in the squad for the 1994 World Cup. His debut in the starting eleven occurred on 3 July 1994 when Argentina was knocked-out of the competition by Romania.

Ortega was handed the coveted #10 shirt for the 1998 FIFA World Cup where he was expected to carry the mantle of the team's playmaker. Despite impressing in the early rounds Ortega's first World Cup as an established star was most notable for his sending off in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands. Ortega received a straight red card for headbutting Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar when van der Sar confronted him after a dive in the penalty area, for which Ortega was just getting his first yellow card. Shortly after Ortega's sending off, Dennis Bergkamp scored the winning goal to make it 2-1, eliminating Argentina.

Ortega was also a member of the squad for the 2002 World Cup. Ortega missed a penalty in the last match against Sweden, where Argentina were surprisingly knocked-out in the first round.

On September 24, 2009 he was surprisingly recalled to the Argentina national first team squad,[15] but a couple of days later, it was announced that Ariel Ortega will miss the friendly match against Ghana due to a injury he picked up during the weekend in the Argentine Domestic League.[16]

In April 2010, 17 years after his Argentina debut, Ortega received a call-up again, this time against Haiti.[17] All the players in Diego Maradona's squad were from the Primera División Argentina. He played the match as starting XI on 5 May.[18]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup South America Total
1991–92 River Plate Primera División 14 1 ? ? ? ?
1992–93 27 5 ? ? ? ?
1993–94 29 4 ? ? ? ?
1994–95 25 7 ? ? ? ?
1995–96 23 7 ? ? ? ?
1996–97 16 6 ? ? ? ?
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
1996–97[19] Valencia La Liga 12 7 0 0 0 0 12 7
1997–98[19] 20 2 3 0 23 2
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998–99 Sampdoria Serie A 27 8 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1999–2000 Parma 18 3 ? ? 2[20] 0 ? ?
Argentina League Cup South America Total
2000–01 River Plate Primera División 27 9 ? ? ? ?
2001–02 29 14 ? ? ? ?
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası Europe Total
2002–03[21] Fenerbahçe Süper Lig 14 5 0 0 6 0 20 5
Argentina League Cup South America Total
2004–05 Newell's Old Boys Primera División 24 5 ? ?
2005–06 29 6 7[22] 0 36 6
2006–07 River Plate 18 4 3 0 21 4
2007–08 26 4 9 2 35 6
2008–09 Independiente Rivadavia Primera B Nacional 25 4 25 4
2009–10 River Plate Primera División 13 2 2 0 2
Total Argentina 325 78 ? ? ? ?
Spain 32 9 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Italy 45 11 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Turkey 14 5 0 0 6 0 20 5
Career total 416 103 ? ? ? ? ? ?

[edit] National team statistics

[23]

Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
1993 1 0
1994 10 1
1995 16 2
1996 7 3
1997 9 1
1998 13 5
1999 7 2
2000 11 3
2001 7 0
2002 4 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 87 17

[edit] International

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Club

River Plate
1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
1996
Parma
1999
Newell's Old Boys
2004 Apertura

[edit] National team

Argentina U-23
1995
1996

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bartolozzi, Bruno (1998-07-29). "Ortega alla Samp per 23 miliardi, il Betis sonda Cesare Maldini" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/luglio/29/Ortega_alla_Samp_per_miliardi_ga_0_980729192.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 
  2. ^ Monti, Fabio (1999-07-04). "Ortega, un affare da 28 miliardi" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/luglio/04/Ortega_affare_miliardi_co_0_9907041262.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 
  3. ^ Laudisa, Carlo (2000-08-10). "Ortega dà l' addio al Parma Torna al River con Husain". La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/agosto/10/Ortega_addio_Parma_Torna_River_ga_0_0008105910.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 
  4. ^ "Ariel Ortega vuelve a River" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2000-08-09. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=28036. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  5. ^ a b c d e "Arbitration CAS 2003/O/482 Ariel Ortega v/ Fenerbahçe & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 5 November 2002". The Court of Arbitration for Sport. 2002-11-05. http://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/sites/CaseLaw/Shared%20Documents/482.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  6. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/players/player.php?route=4983. Retrieved January 26, 2007. 
  7. ^ (Spanish) Ortega said: I will leave River. Clarín. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/06/23/deportes/d-01401.htm 
  8. ^ (Spanish) Aguilar forced Ortega and Simeone to an agreement. Clarín. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/07/05/deportes/d-07501.htm 
  9. ^ (Spanish) Ortega is left out of River squad. Clarín. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/08/01/um/m-01727899.htm 
  10. ^ (Spanish) New scandal by Ariel Ortega. La Nueva. http://www.lanueva.com/edicion_impresa/nota/2/08/2008/882023.html 
  11. ^ (Spanish) Ariel Ortega is too close to UAE. ESPN. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=707940&s=arg&type=story 
  12. ^ (Spanish) Dallas FC aims on Ariel Ortega. La Nación. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1032102 
  13. ^ (Spanish) Ortega signs for Independiente Rivadavia. La Nación. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1037038 
  14. ^ (Spanish) Ortega signs for Independiente Rivadavia. La Nación 
  15. ^ "Ortega returns to Argentina squad after six years". Espnsoccernet.com. 2009-09-25. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=679367&sec=worldcup&cc=5901. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 
  16. ^ "La Selección se entrenará hoy y mañana por la tarde" (in Spanish). AFA. 2009-09-28. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10199:maradona-dio-la-lista-para-enfrentar-a-ghana&catid=164:seleccion-mayor&Itemid=66. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
  17. ^ "Diego Maradona dio la lista para el amistoso ante Haití" (in Spanish). AFA (Buenos Aires). 2010-04-27. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11625:diego-maradona-dio-la-lista-para-el-amistoso-ante-haiti&catid=164:seleccion-mayor&Itemid=66. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  18. ^ "La Selección Argentina derrotó a Haití" (in Spanish). AFA (Buenos Aires). 2010-05-05. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11697:argentina-esta-igualando-con-haiti-0-0&catid=164:seleccion-mayor&Itemid=66. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
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  40. ^ All Bafana Games Part 1
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  46. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/2002ic3.html

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