Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia (born 10 August 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Brazilian Série A1 club Santos FC. Born in Spain, she represents Panama at youth international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Sunrise Sting | ||
| 2021–2022 | Costa del Este | ||
| 2022 | Florida West | ||
| 2023– | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | CIEX Academy | ||
| 2023– | Santos | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Panama U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia,[2] Ortega played for Sunrise Sting SC in the United States, and the Panamanian sides Costa del Este[3] and CIEX Sports Academy.[4][5] She finished her youth career back in the US, being a part of the under-19 squad of Florida West FC in 2022.[6]
On 31 January 2023, Ortega moved to Brazil and was announced at Santos.[2] She made her professional debut on 27 May, coming on as a second-half substitute for Eliana Stábile in a 6–1 away routing of Ceará.[7]
On 16 December 2023, after being mainly used with the under-20 squad of the Sereias during the year, Ortega suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[8]
International career
editWith a Panamanian family, Ortega represented Panama at under-20 level, being also called up to the full side for trainings.[2][9] On 10 April 2023, she was called up by manager Raiza Gutiérrez for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification matches against Curaçao, the Bahamas and Sint Maarten.[10]
Ortega was a starter against Curaçao (5–1 win),[11] an unused substitute against the Bahamas (13–0 win)[12] and came on against Sint Maarten (11–0 win)[13] as Panama qualified to the final tournament; she could not make it into the final squad, however.
References
edit- ^ a b c Luciana Ortega at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Luciana Ortega é reforço internacional para a defesa das Sereias da Vila em 2023" [Luciana Ortega is an international addition for the defense of the Sereias da Vila in 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Luciana Ortega: "Tenemos equipo para seguir trabajando y mejorando"" [Luciana Ortega: 'We have a team to keep on working and improving"] (in Spanish). TVN. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "La Liga de Fútbol Femenino regresó cargado de goles" [The Liga de Fútbol Femenino returned full of goals] (in Spanish). TVN. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Las futbolistas de la LFF están listas para el Torneo 2022" [The footballers of the LFF are ready for the 2022 tournament] (in Spanish). RPC. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Florida West FL 04 ECNL-R". Soccer in College. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Estrangeiras marcam e Sereias goleiam o Ceará no Brasileiro Feminino" [Foreigners score and Sereias thrash Ceará in the Brasileiro Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Luciana Ortega tem lesão de LCA e inicia recuperação nas Sereias" [Luciana Ortega has an ACL injury and starts recovery at the Sereias] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Selecciones femeninas se preparan para sus compromisos internacionales" [Women's national teams get ready for their international fixtures] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Luciana Ortega, del Santos brasileño a Panamá Femenina Sub-20" [Luciana Ortega, from Brazilian Santos to the Panama women's national under-20 team] (in Spanish). RPC. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Panamá Sub-20 se estrena en las Clasificatorias con goleada ante Curazao" [Panama under-20s debut in the qualifiers with a routing over Curaçao] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Panamá Sub-20 golea a Bahamas y se acerca al Premundial" [Panama under-20s thrash the Bahamas and get closer to the Pre-World Cup] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Panamá Sub-20 se clasifica al Premundial de Concacaf" [Panama under-20s qualify to the CONCACAF Pre-World Cup] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.