Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras.
Club career Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroad to play in El Salvador. He came to Honduras in 1968.Centenares de catrachos despiden al fallecido entrenador Flavio Ortega - Mediotiempo He played for Real España and Marathón of San Pedro Sula, rising to become an important player for both clubs.
Ortega was the Honduran league's leading goal-scorer with 18 goals for Marathón in the 1969–70 season. He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa
Managerial career After he retired from playing, Ortega managed the Honduras national football team at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals, leading Honduras to a second-place finish. He won the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.
Honduran clubs statistics Team Season Games Goal Club Deportivo Marathón 1968-69 21 7 Club Deportivo Marathón 1969-70 26 18 Atlético Español 1970-71 22 10 Club Deportivo Marathón 1971-72 20 5 Real España 1973-74 21 5 TOTAL 1968-1974 110 45
Personal life and death Ortega's mother's name is Maria Candida Sanches, he had a brother named Esteban Ortega Filho and a sister named Rosa Maria Ortega Santos. He was married to Honduran Ligia Hernández de Ortega and the couple had four children: Claudia, Flavio, and twins Liliane and Lilian. He became a Honduran citizen in 1992. In 2005, when with Platense, he suffered multiple injuries sustained in a car accident.
Ortega died of a respiratory disorder, which added to kidney failure both results from a brain haemorrhage, in 2007 in San Pedro Sula.Muere entrenador brasileño-hondureño Flavio Ortega - El Correo
Honours Manager Real C.D. España Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: (2): 1988–89, 1990–91 C.S. Cartaginés CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1994 Olimpia Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras (1): 1995–96 Marathón Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras (1): 2002–03 C
Individual Honduran Liga Nacional Top Scorer: (1): 1969–70
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