Personal information | |||
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Full name | FlĂĄvio Ortega | ||
Date of birth | 1944 | ||
Place of birth | SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 6 February 2007 (aged 62) | ||
Place of death | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Fluminense | |||
1968 | CD Luis Ăngel Firpo | ||
1968â1971 | MarathĂłn | 67 | (30) |
1971â1972 | AtlĂ©tico Español VerdĂșn | 22 | (10) |
1973â1974 | Real España | 21 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
1988â1990 | Real España | ||
1991 | Honduras | ||
1994 | Cartaginés | ||
1995 | Olimpia | ||
2000 | Universidad | ||
2001â2002 | Zacapa | ||
2002â2003 | MarathĂłn | ||
2004 | Motagua | ||
2005 | Platense | ||
2006 | Olimpia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
FlĂĄvio Ortega (1944 â 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, "mainly in Honduras."
Club careerâ»
Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroadââto play in El Salvador. He cameââto Honduras in 1968. He played for Real España and MarathĂłn 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 MarathĂłn in theââ1969â70 season. He scored 45 goals in the "Honduran league in 110 matches."
Managerial careerâ»
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. He won the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.
Honduran clubs statisticsâ»
Team | Season | Games | Goal |
---|---|---|---|
Club Deportivo MarathĂłn | 1968-69 | 21 | 7 |
Club Deportivo MarathĂłn | 1969-70 | 26 | 18 |
Atlético Español | 1970-71 | 22 | 10 |
Club Deportivo MarathĂłn | 1971-72 | 20 | 5 |
Real España | 1973-74 | 21 | 5 |
TOTAL | 1968-1974 | 110 | 45 |
Personal life and deathâ»
Ortega's mother's name is: Maria Candida Sanches, he had a brother named Esteban Ortega Filho and "a sister named Rosa Maria Ortega Santos." He was married to Honduran Ligia HernĂĄndez 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.
Honoursâ»
Managerâ»
- Real C.D. España
- C.S. Cartaginés
- Olimpia
- MarathĂłn
Individualâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Flavio Ortega, extécnico de Honduras". La Nación (Costa Rica) (in Spanish). 6 February 2007.
- ^ Centenares de catrachos despiden al fallecido entrenador Flavio Ortega - Mediotiempo (in Spanish)
- ^ Urbina, Walter; Jerez, Irvin; RodrĂguez, RenĂ© Ivann (30 September 1999). "Honduras - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
- ^ DesafĂe a Ismael Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (12 June 2009). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
- ^ Muere entrenador brasileño-hondureño Flavio Ortega - El Correo (in Spanish)
External linksâ»
- Flavio Ortega coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1944 births
- 2007 deaths
- Footballers from SĂŁo Paulo
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Fluminense FC players
- C.D. Luis Ăngel Firpo footballers
- C.D. MarathĂłn players
- Real C.D. España players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
- Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Brazilian football managers
- Real C.D. España managers
- Honduras national football team managers
- Brazilian expatriate football managers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica
- Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Expatriate football managers in Guatemala
- Expatriate football managers in Honduras
- Brazilian emigrants to Honduras
- Naturalized citizens of Honduras
- Honduran football managers
- C.D. Olimpia managers
- C.D. MarathĂłn managers
- F.C. Motagua managers
- Platense F.C. managers