Ariel Ortega

Ariel Ortega

Ortega in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Arnaldo Ariel Ortega
Date of birth	(1974-03-04) 4 March 1974 (age 50)
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
1993–2003	Argentina	88	(17)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (The Little Donkey), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega".

Ariel Ortega first played for River Plate on 14 December 1991 and until 1996 and returned in 2000–02, 2006–08 and 2009–11.^[3] Ortega also played for Spanish club Valencia, Turkish club Fenerbahçe and Italian clubs Parma and Sampdoria. A former Argentina international, Ortega played for his country in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.