Urbano Ortega

Urbano

Personal information
Full name	Urbano Ortega Cuadros
Date of birth	22 December 1961 (1961-12-22)
Place of birth	Beas de Segura, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Jaén
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1982	Español	54	(5)
1982–1991	Barcelona	122	(7)
1991–1993	Español	59	(3)
1993–1994	Lleida	36	(1)
1994–1996	Mérida	59	(3)
National team
1979–1980	Spain U18	11	(3)
1980–1983	Spain U21	13	(2)
1982–1988	Spain U23	3	(0)
1980	Spain amateur	6	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2004	Xerez (assistant)
2004–2005	Córdoba (assistant)
2005–2006	Dinamo Bucureşti (assistant)
2007	Lleida (assistant)
2007–2008	Baza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ortega and the second or maternal family name is Cuadros.

Urbano Ortega Cuadros (born 22 December 1961), simply Urbano, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Over the course of 16 La Liga seasons (17 during his career), he amassed totals of 300 games and 16 goals, namely for Español and FC Barcelona.

Club career

Ortega was born in Beas de Segura, Jaén. After starting out professionally with RCD Español, Urbano moved in 1982 to neighbours FC Barcelona; with the latter, he only started in two of his nine seasons, being sparingly used as a backup (only 41 La Liga matches combined in the remaining campaigns).

Subsequently, Urbano returned to (now called) Espanyol for two more seasons, with top flight relegation in the latter. He closed out his career in 1996, playing with modest UE Lleida (one year) and CP Mérida (two), with two additional seasons in the main division, one with each team.

Urbano began coaching in 2003, assisting former Barça teammate Esteban Vigo at numerous clubs, including Romania's FC Dinamo Bucureşti. His first head coach experience arrived in 2007–08 in Segunda División B, with CD Baza; he resigned as the side dropped down a level.

After working as a scout for Barcelona and Villarreal CF, Urbano returned to another former side, Espanyol, in July 2009, as a club delegate.

International career

Urbano never gained a senior cap for Spain, but was a regular for its U21s, also competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
• Spanish League: 1984–85, 1990–91
• Spanish Cup: 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90
• Spanish Supercup: 1983
• Spanish League Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Espanyol biography (Spanish)
• Urbano Ortega – FIFA competition record