Flavio Ortega
Brazilian football player and manager (1944-2007)
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Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flávio Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | 1944 | ||
| Place of birth |
São Paulo, Brazil Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Fluminense | |||
| 1968 | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 1968–1971 | Marathón | 67 | (30) |
| 1971–1972 | Atlético Español Verdún | 22 | (10) |
| 1973–1974 | Real España | 21 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1990 | Real España | ||
| 1991 | Honduras | ||
| 1994 | Cartaginés | ||
| 1995 | Olimpia | ||
| 2000 | Universidad | ||
| 2001–2002 | Zacapa | ||
| 2002–2003 | Marathón | ||
| 2004 | Motagua | ||
| 2005 | Platense | ||
| 2006 | Olimpia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroad to play in El Salvador. He came to Honduras in 1968.[1] 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.[2] He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.[3]
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.[4] He won the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.
Honduran clubs statistics
| Team | Season | Games | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1968-69 | 21 | 7 |
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1969-70 | 26 | 18 |
| Atlético Español | 1970-71 | 22 | 10 |
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1971-72 | 20 | 5 |
| Real España | 1973-74 | 21 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 1968-1974 | 110 | 45 |
Personal life and death
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 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.[5]
Honours
Manager
- Real C.D. España
- C.S. Cartaginés
- Olimpia
- Marathón
