Ariel Ortega

Retired
Last club: Def. Belgrano Most games for: River Plate Retired since: Jul 1, 2012

Date of birth/Age: Mar 4, 1974 (50)
Place of birth: Ledesma
Citizenship: Argentina

Height: 1,70 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Argentina
Caps/Goals: 86 / 16

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Argentina
10		Argentina	Dec 15, 1993	86	16	Alfio Basile	19 years 09 months 11 days
	Argentina
10		Argentina Olympic Team	Jul 20, 1996	6	2	Daniel Passarella	22 years 04 months 16 days

Stats of Ariel Ortega

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Total :			87	16	26	-	19	31	7	-	1	-	383'	6.129'
	International Friendlies	37	6	10	-	10	14	2	-	-	-	401'	2.403'
	World Cup qualification	31	7	10	-	5	14	3	-	-	-	328'	2.295'
	World Cup	11	2	3	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	435'	869'
	Copa América	5	-	2	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	315'
	Confederations Cup	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	247'	247'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Dec 15, 1993	Germany	Argentina	1:2	SS					90'		1'
		Recife	Mar 24, 1994	Brazil	Argentina	2:0	AM					37'		53'
		Salta	Apr 20, 1994	Argentina	Morocco	3:1	AM		1			75'		15'
		Santiago de Chile	May 18, 1994	Chile	Argentina	3:3	Not in squad
		Guayaquil	May 25, 1994	Ecuador	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	May 31, 1994	Israel	Argentina	0:3						85'		5'
		Zagreb	Jun 4, 1994	Croatia	Argentina	0:0	SS					83'		7'
	World Cup 1994
	Group D	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Jun 21, 1994	Argentina	Greece	4:0	AM					83'		7'
	Group D	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Jun 25, 1994	Argentina	Nigeria	2:1	on the bench
	Group D	Dallas	Jun 30, 1994	Argentina	Bulgaria	0:2	RW					26'		64'
	Round of 16	Bucharest	Jul 3, 1994	Romania	Argentina	3:2	AM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Santiago de Chile	Nov 16, 1994	Chile	Argentina	0:3	SS		2				79'	79'
		Buenos Aires	Dec 21, 1994	Argentina	Romania	1:0	SS						82'	82'
		Buenos Aires	Dec 27, 1994	Argentina	Yugoslavia	1:0	SS		1					90'
	König-Fahd-Pokal 1995
	Group B	Riad	Jan 8, 1995	Japan	Argentina	1:5		1	1				67'	67'
	Group B	Riad	Jan 10, 1995	Nigeria	Argentina	0:0								90'
	Final	Riad	Jan 13, 1995	Denmark	Argentina	2:0	RM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Feb 14, 1995	Argentina	Bulgaria	4:1	SS		1				66'	66'
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	May 13, 1995	South Africa	Argentina	1:1	SS							90'
		Córdoba	May 31, 1995	Argentina	Peru	1:0	SS							90'
		Rosario	Jun 15, 1995	Argentina	Paraguay	2:1	on the bench
		Buenos Aires	Jun 22, 1995	Argentina	Slovakia	6:0	AM					71'		19'
		Quilmes, Provinz Buenos Aires	Jun 30, 1995	Argentina	Australia	2:0	AM		1			77'		13'
	Copa América 1995
	Group C	Paysandú	Jul 9, 1995	Argentina	Bolivia	2:1	AM					45'		45'
	Group C	Paysandú	Jul 12, 1995	Argentina	Chile	4:0	AM		1					90'
	Group C	Paysandú	Jul 15, 1995	USA	Argentina	3:0	AM					45'		45'
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 18, 1995	Brazil	Argentina	6:4 on pens	AM		1				46'	45'
	International Friendlies
		Madrid	Sep 20, 1995	Spain	Argentina	2:1		1						90'
		Buenos Aires	Oct 11, 1995	Argentina	Colombia	0:0								90'
		Buenos Aires	Nov 9, 1995	Argentina	Brazil	0:1	AM					46'		45'
		Buenos Aires	Dec 21, 1995	Argentina	Venezuela	6:0	RW					61'		29'
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Apr 24, 1996	Argentina	Bolivia	3:1	AM	2						90'
	Group 1	Quito	Jun 2, 1996	Ecuador	Argentina	2:0	AM						70'	70'
	Group 1	Lima	Jul 7, 1996	Peru	Argentina	0:0	AM			53'			89'	89'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Sep 1, 1996	Argentina	Paraguay	1:1	AM							90'
	Group 1	San Cristóbal	Oct 9, 1996	Venezuela	Argentina	2:5	SS	1	1				88'	88'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Dec 15, 1996	Argentina	Chile	1:1	SS							90'
	International Friendlies
		Mar del Plata	Dec 29, 1996	Argentina	Yugoslavia	2:3	SS							90'
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group 1	Montevideo	Jan 12, 1997	Uruguay	Argentina	0:0	SS							90'
	Group 1	Barranquilla	Feb 12, 1997	Colombia	Argentina	0:1	AM		1					90'
	Group 1	La Paz	Apr 2, 1997	Bolivia	Argentina	2:1	AM					51'		39'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Apr 30, 1997	Argentina	Ecuador	2:1	AM	1						90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 8, 1997	Argentina	Peru	2:0	RM		1				52'	52'
	Copa América 1997
	Group A		Jun 11, 1997	Ecuador	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A		Jun 14, 1997	Argentina	Chile	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A		Jun 17, 1997	Paraguay	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals		Jun 21, 1997	Peru	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group 1	Asunción	Jul 6, 1997	Paraguay	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jul 20, 1997	Argentina	Venezuela	2:0	AM					57'		33'
	Group 1	Santiago de Chile	Sep 10, 1997	Chile	Argentina	1:2	RM		2					90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Oct 12, 1997	Argentina	Uruguay	0:0	AM							90'
	Group 1	La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Nov 16, 1997	Argentina	Colombia	1:1	RM		1	75'				90'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Feb 19, 1998	Argentina	Romania B	2:1	SS							90'
		Mar del Plata	Feb 25, 1998	Argentina	Yugoslavia	3:1	SS							90'
		Buenos Aires	Mar 10, 1998	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:0	Not in squad
		Jerusalem	Apr 15, 1998	Israel	Argentina	2:1	AM					46'		45'
		Dublin	Apr 22, 1998	Ireland	Argentina	0:2	AM	1						90'
		Rio de Janeiro	Apr 30, 1998	Brazil	Argentina	0:1	AM						75'	75'
		Córdoba	May 14, 1998	Argentina	Bosnia	5:0	AM	1	2					90'
		Buenos Aires	May 19, 1998	Argentina	Chile	1:0	AM						86'	86'
		Buenos Aires	May 25, 1998	Argentina	South Africa	2:0	AM	1						90'
	World Cup 1998
	Group H	Toulouse	Jun 14, 1998	Argentina	Japan	1:0	AM							90'
	Group H	Paris	Jun 21, 1998	Argentina	Jamaica	5:0	AM	2	2					90'
	Group H	Bordeaux	Jun 26, 1998	Argentina	Croatia	1:0	SS		1	23'			52'	52'
	Round of 16	Saint-Etienne	Jun 30, 1998	Argentina	England	6:5 on pens	AM							120'
	Quarter-Finals	Marseille	Jul 4, 1998	Netherlands	Argentina	2:1	AM				86'			86'
	International Friendlies
		Maracaibo	Feb 3, 1999	Venezuela	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
		Los Angeles, California	Feb 10, 1999	Mexico	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 31, 1999	Netherlands	Argentina	1:1	RW						46'	45'
		Chicago, Illinois	Jun 9, 1999	Argentina	Mexico	2:2	Not in squad
		Washington, D.C.	Jun 13, 1999	USA	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Jun 26, 1999	Argentina	Lithuania	0:0	RW						46'	45'
	Copa América 1999
	Group C		Jul 1, 1999	Argentina	Ecuador	3:1	Rotsperre
	Group C		Jul 4, 1999	Colombia	Argentina	3:0	Rotsperre
	Group C		Jul 7, 1999	Argentina	Uruguay	2:0	Rotsperre
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 12, 1999	Brazil	Argentina	2:1	RW			80'				90'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Sep 4, 1999	Argentina	Brazil	2:0	RW						74'	74'
		Porto Alegre (RS)	Sep 7, 1999	Brazil	Argentina	4:2	RW	1						90'
		Córdoba	Oct 13, 1999	Argentina	Colombia	2:1	RW	1						90'
		Sevilla	Nov 17, 1999	Spain	Argentina	0:2	AM						87'	87'
		London	Feb 23, 2000	England	Argentina	0:0	RW			40'			90'	90'
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Mar 30, 2000	Argentina	Chile	4:1	RW						84'	84'
	Group A	Maracaibo	Apr 26, 2000	Venezuela	Argentina	0:4	RW	2					78'	78'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 4, 2000	Argentina	Bolivia	1:0	RW						81'	81'
	Group A		Jun 29, 2000	Colombia	Argentina	1:3	RW						86'	86'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jul 20, 2000	Argentina	Ecuador	2:0	RW		1					90'
	Group A	São Paulo	Jul 27, 2000	Brazil	Argentina	3:1	RW						71'	71'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Aug 15, 2000	Argentina	Paraguay	1:1	RW							90'
	Group A	Lima	Sep 3, 2000	Peru	Argentina	1:2	RW						73'	73'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 9, 2000	Argentina	Uruguay	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Santiago de Chile	Nov 16, 2000	Chile	Argentina	0:2	RW	1	1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Los Angeles, California	Dec 20, 2000	Mexico	Argentina	0:2	RW			✔			77'	77'
		Roma	Feb 28, 2001	Italy	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Mar 28, 2001	Argentina	Venezuela	5:0	RW		1				69'	69'
	Group A	La Paz	Apr 25, 2001	Bolivia	Argentina	3:3	RW			87'		61'		29'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 3, 2001	Argentina	Colombia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Quito	Aug 15, 2001	Ecuador	Argentina	0:2	RW					59'		31'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Sep 6, 2001	Argentina	Brazil	2:1	RW		1			46'		45'
	Group A	Asunción	Oct 7, 2001	Paraguay	Argentina	2:2	RW						80'	80'
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Nov 8, 2001	Argentina	Peru	2:0	RW						73'	73'
	Group A	Montevideo	Nov 14, 2001	Uruguay	Argentina	1:1	RW						46'	45'
	International Friendlies
		Cardiff	Feb 13, 2002	Wales	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
		Genf	Mar 27, 2002	Cameroon	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Stuttgart	Apr 17, 2002	Germany	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2002
	Group F	Kashima	Jun 2, 2002	Argentina	Nigeria	1:0	RW							90'
	Group F	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Jun 7, 2002	Argentina	England	0:1	RW							90'
	Group F	Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Jun 12, 2002	Sweden	Argentina	1:1	RW							90'
	International Friendlies
		Saitama, Saitama	Nov 20, 2002	Japan	Argentina	0:2	RW		2				73'	73'
		San Pedro Sula	Jan 31, 2003	Honduras	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
		Los Angeles, California	Feb 4, 2003	Mexico	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Feb 8, 2003	USA	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Feb 12, 2003	Netherlands	Argentina	1:0	RW						63'	63'
		Tripoli	Apr 30, 2003	Libya	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
		Osaka, Osaka	Jun 8, 2003	Japan	Argentina	1:4	Not in squad
		Seoul	Jun 11, 2003	South Korea	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		La Plata	Jul 16, 2003	Argentina	Uruguay	2:2	Not in squad
		Firenze	Aug 20, 2003	Argentina	Uruguay	3:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Sep 6, 2003	Argentina	Chile	2:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Caracas	Sep 10, 2003	Venezuela	Argentina	0:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Nov 15, 2003	Argentina	Bolivia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Barranquilla	Nov 19, 2003	Colombia	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Mar 30, 2004	Argentina	Ecuador	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Casablanca	Apr 28, 2004	Morocco	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Jun 2, 2004	Brazil	Argentina	3:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 6, 2004	Argentina	Paraguay	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Jun 27, 2004	Argentina	Colombia	0:2	Not in squad
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Jun 30, 2004	Argentina	Peru	2:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 2004
	Group B	Chiclayo	Jul 7, 2004	Argentina	Ecuador	6:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Chiclayo	Jul 11, 2004	Argentina	Mexico	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Callao	Jul 13, 2004	Argentina	Uruguay	4:2	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 17, 2004	Peru	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Lima	Jul 21, 2004	Argentina	Colombia	3:0	Not in squad
	Final	Lima	Jul 25, 2004	Argentina	Brazil	4:6 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	Aug 18, 2004	Japan	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Lima	Sep 5, 2004	Peru	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 9, 2004	Argentina	Uruguay	4:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Santiago de Chile	Oct 14, 2004	Chile	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Nov 18, 2004	Argentina	Venezuela	3:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Düsseldorf	Feb 9, 2005	Germany	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Los Angeles, California	Mar 10, 2005	Mexico	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	La Paz	Mar 26, 2005	Bolivia	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Mar 30, 2005	Argentina	Colombia	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Quito	Jun 4, 2005	Ecuador	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 8, 2005	Argentina	Brazil	3:1	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2005
	Group A	Köln	Jun 15, 2005	Argentina	Tunisia	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Nürnberg	Jun 18, 2005	Australia	Argentina	2:4	Contracture
	Group A	Nürnberg	Jun 21, 2005	Argentina	Germany	2:2	Contracture
	Semi-Finals	Hannover	Jun 26, 2005	Mexico	Argentina	6:7 on pens	Contracture
	Final	Frankfurt (Main)	Jun 29, 2005	Brazil	Argentina	4:1	Contracture
	International Friendlies
		Budapest	Aug 17, 2005	Hungary	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Asunción	Sep 3, 2005	Paraguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 9, 2005	Argentina	Peru	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Montevideo	Oct 13, 2005	Uruguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Nov 11, 2005	England	Argentina	3:2	Not in squad
		Doha	Nov 16, 2005	Qatar	Argentina	0:3	Not in squad
		Basel	Mar 1, 2006	Croatia	Argentina	3:2	Not in squad
		Salerno	May 29, 2006	Argentina	Angola	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 2006
	Group C	Hamburg	Jun 10, 2006	Argentina	Ivory Coast	2:1	Not in squad
	Group C	Gelsenkirchen	Jun 16, 2006	Argentina	Serbia-Mont.	6:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Frankfurt (Main)	Jun 21, 2006	Netherlands	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Leipzig	Jun 24, 2006	Argentina	Mexico	2:1 AET	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Berlin	Jun 30, 2006	Germany	Argentina	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Sep 2, 2006	Brazil	Argentina	3:0	Not in squad
		Murcia	Oct 11, 2006	Spain	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Feb 7, 2007	France	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Apr 19, 2007	Argentina	Chile	0:0	Not in squad
		Basel	Jun 2, 2007	Switzerland	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
		Barcelona	Jun 5, 2007	Algeria	Argentina	3:4	Not in squad
	Copa América 2007
	Group 3	Maracaibo	Jun 29, 2007	Argentina	USA	4:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Maracaibo	Jul 3, 2007	Argentina	Colombia	4:2	Not in squad
	Group 3	Barquisimeto	Jul 6, 2007	Argentina	Paraguay	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Barquisimeto	Jul 9, 2007	Argentina	Peru	4:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Puerto Ordaz	Jul 12, 2007	Mexico	Argentina	0:3	Not in squad
	Final	Maracaibo	Jul 15, 2007	Brazil	Argentina	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oslo	Aug 22, 2007	Norway	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		Melbourne	Sep 11, 2007	Australia	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 13, 2007	Argentina	Chile	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	San Cristóbal	Oct 17, 2007	Venezuela	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Nov 17, 2007	Argentina	Bolivia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A		Nov 21, 2007	Colombia	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Mar 26, 2008	Egypt	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
		Bridgeview, Illinois	Jun 5, 2008	Mexico	Argentina	1:4	Not in squad
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Jun 8, 2008	USA	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 15, 2008	Argentina	Ecuador	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Jun 19, 2008	Brazil	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Minsk	Aug 20, 2008	Belarus	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Sep 6, 2008	Argentina	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Lima	Sep 11, 2008	Peru	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 11, 2008	Argentina	Uruguay	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Santiago de Chile	Oct 16, 2008	Chile	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Glasgow	Nov 19, 2008	Scotland	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Marseille	Feb 11, 2009	France	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Mar 28, 2009	Argentina	Venezuela	4:0	Not in squad
	Group A	La Paz	Apr 1, 2009	Bolivia	Argentina	6:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			May 20, 2009	Argentina	Panama	3:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 6, 2009	Argentina	Colombia	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Quito	Jun 10, 2009	Ecuador	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Aug 12, 2009	Russia	Argentina	2:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Rosario	Sep 6, 2009	Argentina	Brazil	1:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Asunción	Sep 10, 2009	Paraguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Córdoba	Oct 1, 2009	Argentina	Ghana	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Oct 10, 2009	Argentina	Peru	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Montevideo	Oct 15, 2009	Uruguay	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Madrid	Nov 14, 2009	Spain	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		San Juan	Jan 27, 2010	Argentina	Costa Rica	3:2	Not in squad
		Mar del Plata	Feb 11, 2010	Argentina	Jamaica	2:1	Not in squad
		München	Mar 3, 2010	Germany	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Cutral Có	May 5, 2010	Argentina	Haiti	4:0	AM						60'	60'
Squad: 89, Starting eleven: 68, Substituted in: 19, On the bench: 2, Suspended: 3, Injured: 4,