Gerardo Ortiz (footballer)

Paraguayan footballer (born 1989)
Gerardo Ortiz
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Amílcar Ortiz Garza
Date of birth (1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Encarnación, Paraguay
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Once Caldas
Number 12
Youth career
2004–2010 Quilmes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Quilmes 0 (0)
2010 → Rubio Ñu (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2013 Olimpia Asunción 0 (0)
2013–2019 Sol de América 152 (0)
2019– Once Caldas 29 (0)
International career
2009 Paraguay U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Gerardo Amílcar Ortiz Garza (born 25 March 1989) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays, as of 2019, for Once Caldas from Colombia's Categoría Primera A as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Ortiz was born in Encarnación, and joined Quilmes' youth setup in 2004, aged 15.[1] In June 2010 he signed his first professional deal with the club,[2] being subsequently loaned to Rubio Ñu for one year.[3]

On 20 October 2010 Ortiz made his professional debut, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Libertad for the Paraguayan Primera División championship.[4] He was also a starter four days later, in a 0–3 loss at 3 de Febrero;[5] it were his two only appearances of the campaign.

In the 2011 summer Ortiz returned to Quilmes,[6] being assigned to the reserve team. In February 2012 he signed for Olimpia Asunción,[7] but never appeared in any first team match for the club.

On 7 January 2013 Ortiz moved to Sol de América also in the top division.[8] Initially a backup to Roberto Acosta, he overtook him in the 2014 season, but was again demoted to second-choice in 2015.

At the beginning of 2019, Colombian club Once Caldas confirmed his signing.

References

  1. ^ Gerardo Ortiz: "todo esto se lo debo a Quilmes..." (Gerardo Ortiz: "All of this I owe to Quilmes...") Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; Diario El Sol, 7 May 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Quilmes renueva a Garnier y Trípodi (Quilmes renews with Garnier and Trípodi); ESPN Deportes, 3 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Aguilar entrena con Rubio Ñu pero no puede jugar (Aguilar trains with Rubio Ñu but cannot play); Última Hora, 20 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Clara demostración de poderío (Clear superiority demonstration); ABC, 20 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El "3" se toma gran respiro ("3" takes a deep air); ABC, 24 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Continúa la danza de los nombres (The dance of names remain) Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine; El Show de Quilmes, 5 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Cáceres, en la lista copera (Cáceres, in cup list) Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; La Nación, 8 February 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Sol suma a dos arqueros (Sol adds two goalkeepers); D10, 7 January 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

  • Gerardo Ortiz at ESPN FC
  • Gerardo Ortiz at Soccerway
  • Gerardo Ortiz at FBref.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Gerardo Ortiz at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
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