Ariel Ortega

**Ariel Ortega** (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football player. He plays for River Plate.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|River Plate|1991–92|rowspan="6"|Primera División|14|1|–|–|–|14|1|||
|1992–93|27|5|–|7|1|–|34|6||||||
|1993–94|29|4|7|3|4|0|–|40|8|||||
|1994–95|25|7|–|8|1|–|33|8||||||
|1995–96|23|7|–|22|3|–|45|10||||||
|1996–97|16|6|–|3|0|–|19|6||||||
|rowspan="3"|Valencia|1996–97|rowspan="2"|La Liga|12|7|–|–|–|12|7|||
|1997–98|20|2|3|0|–|–|23|2||||||
|Sampdoria|1998–99|rowspan="2"|Serie A|27|8|4|1|–|–|31|9|||
|Parma|1999–2000|18|3|1|0|7|0|1|0|27|3|||
|rowspan="3"|River Plate|2000–01|rowspan="2"|Primera División|27|9|–|12|3|–|39|12||
|2001–02|29|14|–|10|2|–|39|16||||||
|Fenerbahçe|2002–03|Süper Lig|14|5|–|6|0|–|20|5||||
|rowspan="3"|Newell's Old Boys|2004–05|rowspan="2"|Primera División|24|5|—|–|–|24|5|||
|2005–06|29|6|—|7|0|–|36|6||||||
|rowspan="2"|River Plate|2006–07|rowspan="2"|Primera División|18|4|—|3|0|–|21|4||
|2007–08|26|4|—|9|2|–|35|6||||||
|Independiente Rivadavia (loan)|2008–09|Primera B Nacional|25|4|—|–|–|25|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|River Plate|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Primera División|22|3|—|2|0|–|24|3||
|2010–11|16|1|—|–|—|16|1|||||||
|All Boys (loan)|2010–11|Primera División|12|0|—|–|–|12|0|||||
|Def. Belgrano (loan)|2011–12|Primera B Metropolitana|27|4|1|0|–|–|28|4||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="18"|Argentina|1993|1|0|
|1994|10|1|||
|1995|16|2|||
|1996|7|3|||
|1997|9|1|||
|1998|13|5|||
|1999|8|2|||
|2000|11|3|||
|2001|7|0|||
|2002|4|0|||
|2003|1|0|||
|2004|0|0|||
|2005|0|0|||
|2006|0|0|||
|2007|0|0|||
|2008|0|0|||
|2009|0|0|||
|2010|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|27 December 1994|Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|8 January 1995|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia||2–0|5–1|1995 King Fahd Cup||||||||
|3|20 September 1995|Madrid, Spain||1–2|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|4|24 April 1996|Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–0|3–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|2–0|||||||||||||
|6|9 October 1996|San Cristóbal, Venezuela||1–1|5–2|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|30 April 1997|Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–0|2–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|22 April 1998|Dublin, Ireland||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|9|14 May 1998|La Plata, Argentina||4–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|10|25 May 1998|Buenos Aires, Argentina||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|11|21 June 1998|Paris, France||1–0|5–0|1998 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|12|2–0|||||||||||||
|13|7 September 1999|Porto Alegre, Brazil||2–4|2–4|Friendly||||||||
|14|13 October 1999|La Plata, Argentina||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|15|26 April 2000|Maracaibo, Venezuela||2–0|4–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|3–0|||||||||||||
|17|15 November 2000|Santiago, Chile||1–0|2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**River Plate**
- Primera División: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
- Copa Libertadores: 1996
**Parma**
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1999
**Newell's Old Boys**
- Primera División: 2004 Apertura
**Argentina U-23**
- Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1995
- Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1996
**Argentina**
- FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 1995
**Individual**
- South American Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002
- FIFA XI: 2001

## Other websites

- River Plate – Sitio Oficial

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ariel Ortega
- **image**: Ariel Ortega (cropped).jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Ortega in 2013
- **fullname**: Ariel Arnaldo Ortega
- **birth place**: Libertador General San Martín, Jujuy, Ledesma, Jujuy Province, Jujuy, Argentina
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, winger (association football), winger
- **youthyears1**: 1988–1990
- **youthclubs1**: :es:Club Atlético Ledesma, Atlético Ledesma
- **years1**: 1991–1996
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 134
- **goals1**: 30
- **years2**: 1997–1998
- **clubs2**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps2**: 32
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 1998–1999
- **clubs3**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **caps3**: 27
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 1999–2000
- **clubs4**: Parma Calcio 1913, Parma
- **caps4**: 18
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2000–2002
- **clubs5**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 23
- **years6**: 2002–2003
- **clubs6**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps6**: 14
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2004–2006
- **clubs7**: Newell's Old Boys
- **caps7**: 53
- **goals7**: 11
- **years8**: 2006–2012
- **clubs8**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps8**: 82
- **goals8**: 12
- **years9**: 2008–2009
- **clubs9**: → Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia, Independiente (Riv) (loan)
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 4
- **clubs10**: → All Boys (loan)
- **caps10**: 12
- **goals10**: 0
- **years10**: 2011
- **clubs11**: → Defensores de Belgrano, Def. Belgrano (loan)
- **caps11**: 27
- **goals11**: 4
- **years11**: 2011–2012
- **totalcaps**: 480
- **totalgoals**: 109
- **nationalyears1**: 1993–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 88
- **nationalgoals1**: 17