Role Football player Number 20 Height 1.76 m | Years Team Weight 79 kg Name Nestor Ortigoza Career start 2004 | |
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Full name Nestor Ezequiel Ortigoza Date of birth (1984-10-07) 7 October 1984 (age 31) Place of birth San Antonio de Padua, Argentina Current teams Paraguay national football team (Midfielder), San Lorenzo de Almagro (#20 / Midfielder) Similar People Edgardo Bauza, Ramon Diaz, Nelson Valdez, Edgar Benitez, Roque Santa Cruz | ||
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Nestor ortigoza el cerebro pases asistencias 2017
Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza ([ˈnestoɾ ortiˈɣosa]; born 7 October 1984) is an Argentine, naturalized Paraguayan football central midfielder, who plays for San Lorenzo in the Argentine Primera División.
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- Nestor ortigoza el cerebro pases asistencias 2017
- Nestor ortigoza compacto
- Club career
- International career
- International goal
- Style of play
- Honours
- References
Nestor ortigoza compacto
Club career
Ortigoza started his career in 2004, playing for Argentinos Juniors. In 2005 he had a brief loan spell with Nueva Chicago before returning to Argentinos. In 2007 he began to establish himself as an important member of the first team squad and in 2009 he became a near permanent fixture in the first team squad after the appointment of Claudio Borghi as the manager of Argentinos Juniors.
Ortigoza was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 17 of the clubs 19 games and scored 3 goals during their championship winning campaign been their captain and was selected Footballer of the Year in Argentina.
In 2011, San Lorenzo bought the entire move from Argentinos Juniors for $2,200,000 and signed the player for three seasons.
In July 2012, Ortigoza signed a one-year loan contract with Emirates Club in the United Arab Emirates.
International career
Ortigoza's father is Paraguayan, meaning that the Paraguay national football team's coach Gerardo Martino had the interest of Ortigoza playing for the Paraguay national team due to Ortigoza is entitled to request Paraguayan citizenship. [3].
On 8 April 2009 he obtained Paraguayan nationality, which enabled him to play for the Paraguay national team. Ortigoza was called to the Paraguay national football team for the Qualification matches against Venezuela and Colombia. He played in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. On 14 October 2014, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 friendly away defeat against China.
International goal
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.Style of play
Néstor Ortigoza is known for stocky, physical build, and his ability to win the ball as a central midfielder. His range of distribution and his slow-paced, intelligent, precise passing game also enable him to influence games from deeper positions in midfield, where he can set the tempo of his team's play and orchestrate attacking moves. He is also a penalty kick specialist.