Willington Ortiz

Willington Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Willington Alfonso Ortiz Palacio
Date of birth	March 26, 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Tumaco, Colombia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1979	Millonarios
1980–1982	Deportivo Cali
1983–1988	América de Cali
Total
International career
1973–1985	Colombia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 2008

Willington Alfonso Ortiz Palacio (born March 26, 1952, in Tumaco) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. He played 49 times for the Colombia national team scoring 12 goals^[1] and is the top Colombian player in the IFFHS's rank of South American Player of the Century.^[2]

Career edit

Ortiz started his illustrious career at striker in 1971 in the youth system of Millonarios, made his first team debut against Internacional de Porto Alegre scoring the game-winning goal. He won the DIMAYOR Colombian First Division Championship (now the Categoría Primera A) with Millonarios in 1972, and 1978. He played with Millonarios until 1979, participating in the Copa Libertadores 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979 with the club. In 1980, Ortiz was transferred to Deportivo Cali and played for them for three seasons. Willington was transferred to América de Cali in late 1982, and won the Colombian Domestic league title (now Copa Mustang) in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986.

Colombian National Squad edit

Ortiz played for the Colombia Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played in three editions of Copa América in 1975, 1979 and 1983 reaching the final in 1975. He also played for the Colombian Senior National Team that took part in qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1986.

Titles edit

Season	Team	Title
1972	Millonarios	Colombian league
1978	Millonarios	Colombian league
1983	América de Cali	Colombian league
1984	América de Cali	Colombian league
1985	América de Cali	Colombian league
1986	América de Cali	Colombian league

References edit

External links edit

Willington Ortiz at National-Football-Teams.com
(in Spanish) Colombian links profile
(in Spanish) Millonarios profile
(in Spanish) América profile

[1] rsssf: Colombia record international footballers

[2] "IFFHS' Century Elections".

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