Francisco Gabriel Ortega (born 19 March 1999), also known as Pancho Ortega, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Argentine Primera División club River Plate.
Club career Ortega's career began in Vélez Sarsfield's youth system, originally arriving in 2013. He made his senior professional debut for the club in November 2017, during a 3–0 home victory over Olimpo. Throughout the rest of the 2017–18 campaign, Ortega made ten further league appearances.
International career June 2017 saw Ortega train with the Argentina national team in Australia and Singapore. In 2018, Ortega received a call-up for the Argentina U20s for friendlies with England U18s and Real Madrid Castilla. He played the full duration of a 2–1 defeat to England on 23 March. In December, Ortega was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. After appearing six times in Chile, Ortega was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. In the succeeding September, Ortega was picked by the U23s ahead of a friendly with Bolivia. In Argentina's opening match of the 2021 Olympic Games Ortega was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVélez Sarsfield2017–18Argentine Primera División11010———1202018–19Argentine Primera División4010———502019–20Argentine Primera División50209080—2402021Argentine Primera División2010012060—3812022Argentine Primera División19130130120—4712023Argentine Primera División25120———271Total84390310260—1533Olympiacos2023–24Super League Greece23020—130—3802024–25Super League Greece 24030—90—3602025–26Super League Greece20120—10010331Total67170—320101071Career total1514160330570102584
Honours Olympiacos UEFA Conference League: 2023–24 Super League Greece: 2024–25 Greek Football Cup: 2024–25 Greek Super Cup: 2025
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