Javier Ortega Desio

Javier Ortega Desio

Ortega Desio in 2017
Birth name	Javier Ortega Desio
Date of birth	(1990-06-14) 14 June 1990
Place of birth	Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2013 2014– SIC Paraná 44 (50) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–2015 2021− Pampas XV Jaguares XV 19 (10) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–2020 Jaguares 48 (20) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 2010 2012–2020 2012– Argentina U19 Argentina U20 Argentina XV Argentina 8 8 54 (0) (0) (25) Correct as of 18 September 2019 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2011–2012 Argentina sevens 13

Javier Ortega Desio (born 14 June 1990) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a loose forward for the Argentine Super Rugby side Jaguares, and the Argentina national rugby union team.

Career

Ortega Desio started out his professional career playing for the San Isidro Club in the Torneo de la URBA. He spent 4 years there and racked up almost 50 appearances before switching to join Estudiantes de Paraná in his home town in 2014.

Ortega Desio is signed to play for Jaguares until 2017.

International career

Ortega Desio was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV. He was a member of the Pampas XV squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup in South Africa and he also went on their tour of Australia in 2014.

He made his senior debut for Los Pumas against Uruguay on 20 May 2012, scoring a try in the process. However, it wasn't until 2014 before he tasted action against non-South American opposition where he played in all 3 of his country's matches during the 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals series.

In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship.