Date of birth 1944 Name Flavio Ortega Place of birth Sao Paulo, Brazil Role Footballer | Playing position Position Forward Years Team | |
Date of death 6 February 2007(2007-02-06) (aged 62) Place of death San Pedro Sula, Honduras Died February 6, 2007, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||
Flávio Ortega escala time no Corinthians para o clássico - "Disposição bem diferente"
Flavio Ortega (born Flávio Ortega, 1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian-born, naturalized Honduran footballer and manager.
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- Flvio Ortega escala time no Corinthians para o clssico Disposio bem diferente
- Club career
- Managerial career
- Personal life and death
- References
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. 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. He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.
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. He won the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.
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.