Flavio Ortega
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1944 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 6 February 2007 62) | (aged||
Place of death | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||
Playing position | 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) |
Teams managed | |||
1988-1990 | Real España | ||
1991 | Honduras | ||
1994 | Cartaginés | ||
1995 | Olimpia | ||
2000 | Universidad | ||
2001-2002 | Zacapa | ||
2002-2003 | Marathón | ||
2004 | Motagua | ||
2005 | Platense | ||
2006 | Olimpia | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Flavio Ortega (born Flávio Ortega, 1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian-born, naturalized Honduran footballer and manager.
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 |
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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)
- ↑ Urbina, Walter; Jerez, Irvin; Rodríguez, René Ivann (30 September 1999). "Honduras - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
- ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Courtney, Barrie (12 June 2009). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013.
- ↑ Muere entrenador brasileño-hondureño Flavio Ortega - El Correo (Spanish)
External links
- Fallece Flavio Ortega, extécnico de Honduras - Nación (Spanish)