Fernando Ortiz (born December 25, 1977) is an Argentine professional football manager and former footballer. He is the current manager of Liga MX club Monterrey.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 25, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Corral de Bustos, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monterrey (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sportivo Corral de Bustos | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Boca Juniors | 3 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Mallorca B (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → San Lorenzo (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Unión (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Unión | 57 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Banfield (loan) | 38 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | Estudiantes LP | 79 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Santos Laguna | 80 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | América | 15 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Tigres UANL (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Vélez Sársfield | 59 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Racing | 45 | (2) |
| Total | 462 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Estudiantes (B-team) | ||
| 2017 | Sol de América | ||
| 2018 | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
| 2018 | Sol de América | ||
| 2022 | América (under-20) | ||
| 2022 | América (Interim) | ||
| 2022–2023 | América | ||
| 2023– | Monterrey | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Ortiz was spotted by Argentine giants Boca Juniors in 1997. He made his debut in 1998, and helped Boca to win the Primera División 1998 Apertura championship. He played 8 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring three goals.
In 1999, he was loaned to RCD Mallorca in Spain, where he played half-a-season for their B team (RCD Mallorca B). He returned that same year to Argentina to play for San Lorenzo. Subsequently, he had spells at Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield, before joining Estudiantes de La Plata in 2004.
Ortiz helped Estudiantes to win the 2006 Apertura. He was a starter in the championship playoff played against his former club Boca Juniors on December 13, that Estudiantes won 2–1. Shortly after being crowned champion in Argentina, Ortiz signed with Mexican side Santos Laguna along with other players in order to help the team avoid relegation. He left Santos Laguna to join Club América on December 17, 2008.
In August 2010, Ortiz returned to Argentina to play for Vélez Sársfield.[1][2] Ortiz was a regular starter along Sebastián Domínguez in Vélez Sársfield's centre back during his two-year stay at the club, in which he won with the team the 2011 Clausura and reached the semifinals of the 2011 Copa Libertadores and quarter-finals of the 2012 Copa Libertadores.
Aged 34, Ortiz did not renew his contract with Vélez after it expired in June 2012, signing instead for Racing. However, despite a "free agent", Racing had to pay a fee to Sud América, a proxy club for an unknown third parties. Racing received a warning for the transfer.[3] After not being able to fully recover from a knee injury, he officially announced his retirement in 2014, and began his studies to become a coach.[4]
Managerial career edit
Ortiz began his managerial career in 2016, being in charge of the Estudiantes reserve side. His first role as manager of a senior squad came the following year, being appointed manager of Paraguayan side Sol de América. He had a brief stint with Sportivo Luqueño in 2018 before returning to Sol de América that same year.
In January 2022, Ortiz moved to Mexico and was announced as the new head coach of the Club América Under-20 side.[5] On 3 March, Ortiz was appointed interim manager of the first team following the dismissal of Santiago Solari.[6] On May 21, 2023 after losing in the semifinals to Chivas, Ortiz said, “As far as my staff and I are concerned, this is the end of an era here at Club America.” Insinuating that he is leaving the Club.
Managerial statistics edit
- As of match played 20 April 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Sol de América | 
|
2 January 2017 | 13 August 2017 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33.3 | [7] |
| Sportivo Luqueño |
|
4 April 2018 | 29 May 2018 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22.2 | [7] |
| Sol de América |
|
5 June 2018 | 25 August 2018 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | [7] |
| América U20 | 
|
5 January 2022 | 3 March 2022 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40.0 | [7] |
| América |
|
3 March 2022 | 21 May 2023 | 55 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 58.2 | |
| Monterrey |
|
29 May 2023 | present | 48 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 60.4 | |
| Total | 157 | 77 | 41 | 39 | 49.0 | ||||
Honours edit
Club edit
- Boca Juniors
- Estudiantes LP
- Santos Laguna
- Vélez Sársfield
Individual edit
- Mexican Primera División Best Central Defender: 2008 Clausura
References edit
- ^ Gabriel Martínez (2010-08-03). "El Fondo tiene cara nueva" (in Spanish). Vélez Sársfield official website. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ "Ortiz ya está en el Fortín". Olé (in Spanish). 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ CAS ruling
- ^ "Se retiró Ortiz". Olé (in Spanish). 5 August 2014.
- ^ "América: Fernando Ortiz dirigirá al Sub 20 de las Águilas" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Oficial: tras la salida de Solari, otro argentino tomará el cargo en América". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Pacheco, Enrique. "Club América: Fernando Ortíz, un técnico con historial 'perdedor', el bombero de las Águilas" (in Spanish). SoyFútbol. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links edit
- Argentine Primera statisticsat Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived March 3, 2016) (in Spanish)
- Fernando Ortiz at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Mexican Primera statistics at Medio Tiempo at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2012) (in Spanish)
- Fernando Ortiz at FootballDatabase.eu