Gerardo Amílcar Ortiz Garza (born 25 March 1989) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays, as of 2024, for Nacional as a goalkeeper.
Club career Ortiz was born in Encarnación, and joined Quilmes' youth setup in 2004, aged 15.Gerardo Ortiz: "todo esto se lo debo a Quilmes..." (Gerardo Ortiz: "All of this I owe to Quilmes...") ; Diario El Sol, 7 May 2008 In June 2010 he signed his first professional deal with the club,Quilmes renueva a Garnier y Trípodi (Quilmes renews with Garnier and Trípodi); ESPN Deportes, 3 June 2010 being subsequently loaned to Rubio Ñu for one year.Aguilar entrena con Rubio Ñu pero no puede jugar (Aguilar trains with Rubio Ñu but cannot play); Última Hora, 20 July 2010
On 20 October 2010 Ortiz made his professional debut, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Libertad for the Paraguayan Primera División championship.Clara demostración de poderío (Clear superiority demonstration); ABC, 20 October 2010 He was also a starter four days later, in a 0–3 loss at 3 de Febrero;El "3" se toma gran respiro ("3" takes a deep air); ABC, 24 October 2010 it were his two only appearances of the campaign.
In the 2011 summer Ortiz returned to Quilmes,Continúa la danza de los nombres (The dance of names remain) ; El Show de Quilmes, 5 July 2011 being assigned to the reserve team. In February 2012 he signed for Olimpia Asunción,Cáceres, en la lista copera (Cáceres, in cup list) ; La Nación, 8 February 2012 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.Sol suma a dos arqueros (Sol adds two goalkeepers); D10, 7 January 2013 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.
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