Flavio Ortega
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Fluminense | |||
| 1968 | Luís Ángel Firpo | ||
| 1968-1971 | Marathón | 67 | (30) |
| 1971-1972 | Atlético Español Verdún | 22 | (10) |
| 1973-1974 | Real España | 21 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988-1990 | Real España | ||
| 1991 | Honduras | ||
| 1994 | Cartaginés | ||
| 1995 | Olimpia | ||
| 2000 | Universidad | ||
| 2001-2002 | Zacapa | ||
| 2002-2003 | Marathón | ||
| 2004 | Motagua | ||
| 2005 | Platense | ||
| 2006 | Olimpia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Flavio Ortega (born Flávio Ortega, 1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian-born, naturalized Honduran footballer and manager.
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Club career
Flavio Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroad to play in El Salvador. He came to Honduras in 1968.[1] 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.[2] He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.[3]
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.[4] 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 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.[5]
References
- ↑ Centenares de catrachos despiden al fallecido entrenador Flavio Ortega - Mediotiempo (Spanish)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Muere entrenador brasileño-hondureño Flavio Ortega - El Correo (Spanish)
External links
- Fallece Flavio Ortega, extécnico de Honduras - Nación (Spanish)
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1944 births
- 2007 deaths
- Sportspeople from São Paulo (city)
- Brazilian emigrants to Honduras
- Naturalised citizens of Honduras
- Association football forwards
- Honduran footballers
- Brazilian footballers
- Fluminense Football Club players
- C.D. Luís Angel Firpo footballers
- Real C.D. España players
- Club Deportivo Olimpia footballers
- Platense F.C. players
- C.D. Marathón players
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in Honduras
- Honduran football managers
- Honduras national football team managers
- Real C.D. España managers
- C.D. Olimpia managers
- C.D. Motagua managers
- C.D. Marathón managers
