Néstor Ortigoza

Néstor Ortigoza

File:Ortigoza.png Ortigoza, when he played for Argentinos Juniors
Personal information
Full name	Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre midfielder
Team information
Current team	San Lorenzo de Almagro
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Caersws FC	82	(12)
1990	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	16	(1)
1991-2008	AS Saint-Étienne	755	(160)
International career‡
1990–2006	Wales	109	(30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:19, 18 December 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza (born October 7, 1984 in San Antonio de Padua, Argentina) is a Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine First Division.

Career

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 clubs 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 the entire move from Argentinos Juniors for $2,200,000 and signed the player for three seasons.

Paraguayan naturalization

Ortigoza's father is Paraguayan, meaning that the Paraguay national football team's coach Gerardo Martino has the interest of Paraguayan nationalizes it to play with the selection homonym, but Ortigoza wants Diego Maradona's approval. [2].

On 8 April 2009 he obtained Paraguayan nationality, which enables him to play for the Paraguay national team although he could still choose to play for Argentina.

International career

Ortigoza was called to the Paraguay national football team for the Qualification matches against Venezuela and Colombia.[3].He played in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2010 Clausura Champions.He was voted Footballer of the Year in 2010 by the National Press Union.

External links

• Néstor Ortigoza – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Football lineups player profile
• Néstor Ortigoza at National-Football-Teams.com
• Template:Es Argentine Primera statistics

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