Gerardo Ortiz (footballer)

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.

Gerardo Ortiz
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Amílcar Ortiz Garza
Date of birth (1989-03-25) 25 March 1989
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)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Garza.

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)
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