Gerardo Ortega
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Ortega de Francisco
Date of birth (1947-10-13) 13 October 1947
Place of birth Morón de Almazán, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Rayo Vallecano 27 (10)
1968–1969 Real Madrid 0 (0)
1969–1971 Calvo Sotelo 53 (19)
1971–1973 Logroñés 26 (4)
1973–1975 Real Murcia 18 (3)
1975–1976 Villena
1977–1978 Albacete
1978–1979 Almansa
1979–1980 Albacete
International career
1968 Spain 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerardo Ortega de Francisco (born 13 October 1947) is a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

He scored three goals from 18 La Liga games for Real Murcia over the course of two seasons.

Club career

Born in Morón de Almazán in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Ortega played with Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid, Calvo Sotelo, Logroñés, Real Murcia, Villena, Almansa and Albacete. With the second club he played only one match in 1968–69 season against the Cypriot club AEL in the second leg of the preliminary round of the 1968–69 European Cup, scoring the fifth goal in his team's 6–0 victory, as they won by the same score in the first leg.

Most of Ortega's appearances during his career were in the lower divisions, Ortega made his La Liga debut on 17 February 1974 with Real Murcia as he came on as a substitute for Vera Palmés in the 70th minute of a 1–2 loss away to Sporting Gijón.[1]

International

He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He earned five caps and scored one goal.

International goals

[3]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 1968Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain Great Britain1–01–0Qualification 1968 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ↑ "Ortega". bdfutbol.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gerardo Ortega". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "España - Reino Unido (1 - 0) 27/03/1968". www.bdfutbol.com.
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