Ariel Ortega

Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football player. He plays for River Plate.

Ariel Ortega

Ortega in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ariel Arnaldo Ortega
Date of birth	(1974-03-04) 4 March 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Ledesma, Jujuy, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
1988–1990	Atlético Ledesma[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	River Plate	134	(30)
1997–1998	Valencia	32	(9)
1998–1999	Sampdoria	27	(8)
1999–2000	Parma	18	(3)
2000–2002	River Plate	56	(23)
2002–2003	Fenerbahçe	14	(5)
2004–2006	Newell's Old Boys	53	(11)
2006–2012	River Plate	82	(12)
2008–2009	→ Independiente (Riv) (loan)	25	(4)
2011	→ All Boys (loan)	12	(0)
2011–2012	→ Def. Belgrano (loan)	27	(4)
Total		480	(109)
International career
1993–2010	Argentina	88	(17)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Men's Football FIFA Confederations Cup 1995 Saudi Arabia Team Competition Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1991–92	Primera División	14	1	–		–		–		14	1
	1992–93		27	5	–		7	1	–		34	6
	1993–94		29	4	7	3	4	0	–		40	8
	1994–95		25	7	–		8	1	–		33	8
	1995–96		23	7	–		22	3	–		45	10
	1996–97		16	6	–		3	0	–		19	6
	Total		134	30	7	3	44	5	–		185	39
Valencia	1996–97[3]	La Liga	12	7	–		–		–		12	7
	1997–98[3]		20	2	3	0	–		–		23	2
	Total		32	9	3	0	–		–		35	9
Sampdoria	1998–99	Serie A	27	8	4	1	–		–		31	9
Parma	1999–2000		18	3	1	0	7[b]	0	1[c]	0	27	3
River Plate	2000–01	Primera División	27	9	–		12	3	–		39	12
	2001–02		29	14	–		10	2	–		39	16
	Total		56	23	—		22	5	–		78	28
Fenerbahçe	2002–03[4]	Süper Lig	14	5	–		6[d]	0	–		20	5
Newell's Old Boys	2004–05	Primera División	24	5	—		–		–		24	5
	2005–06		29	6	—		7[5]	0	–		36	6
	Total		53	11	—		7	0	–		60	11
River Plate	2006–07	Primera División	18	4	—		3	0	–		21	4
	2007–08		26	4	—		9	2	–		35	6
Independiente Rivadavia (loan)	2008–09	Primera B Nacional	25	4	—		–		–		25	4
River Plate	2009–10	Primera División	22	3	—		2	0	–		24	3
	2010–11		16	1	—		–		—		16	1
	Total		82	12	—		14	2	–		96	14
All Boys (loan)	2010–11	Primera División	12	0	—		–		–		12	0
Def. Belgrano (loan)	2011–12	Primera B Metropolitana	27	4	1	0	–		–		28	4
Career total			480	109	16	4	100	12	1	0	597	126

1. Includes Copa Argentina, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	1993	1	0
	1994	10[a]	1
	1995	16[b]	2
	1996	7	3
	1997	9	1
	1998	13[c]	5
	1999	8[d]	2
	2000	11	3
	2001	7	0
	2002	4[e]	0
	2003	1	0
	2004	0	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	0	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	0	0
	2009	0	0
	2010	1	0
Total		88	17

1. Three appearances in 1994 FIFA World Cup
2. Four appearances in 1995 Copa América
3. Five appearances and 2 goals in 1998 FIFA World Cup
4. One appearance in 1999 Copa América
5. Three appearances in 2002 FIFA World Cup

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal.

List of international goals scored by Ariel Ortega

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 December 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yugoslavia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	8 January 1995	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Japan	2–0	5–1	1995 King Fahd Cup
3	20 September 1995	Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–2	1–2	Friendly
4	24 April 1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	1–0	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5				2–0
6	9 October 1996	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–1	5–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	30 April 1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	22 April 1998	Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
9	14 May 1998	La Plata, Argentina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–0	5–0	Friendly
10	25 May 1998	Buenos Aires, Argentina	South Africa	2–0	2–0	Friendly
11	21 June 1998	Paris, France	Jamaica	1–0	5–0	1998 FIFA World Cup
12				2–0
13	7 September 1999	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Brazil	2–4	2–4	Friendly
14	13 October 1999	La Plata, Argentina	Colombia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
15	26 April 2000	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
16				3–0
17	15 November 2000	Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

River Plate

• Primera División: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
• Copa Libertadores: 1996

Parma

• Supercoppa Italiana: 1999

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División: 2004 Apertura

Argentina U-23

• Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1995
• Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1996

Argentina

• FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 1995

Individual

• South American Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002^[7]
• FIFA XI: 2001^[8]