Luciana Ortega
Personal information
Full name Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia[1]
Date of birth (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004[1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Number 21
Youth career
2019–2020 Sunrise Sting
2021–2022 Costa del Este
2022 Florida West
2023– Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 CIEX Academy
2023– Santos 1 (0)
International career‡
2023– Panama U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia (born 10 August 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Brazilian Série A1 club Santos FC. Born in Spain, she represents Panama at youth international level.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia,[2] Ortega played for Sunrise Sting SC in the United States, and the Panamanian sides Costa del Este[3] and CIEX Sports Academy.[4][5] She finished her youth career back in the US, being a part of the under-19 squad of Florida West FC in 2022.[6]

On 31 January 2023, Ortega moved to Brazil and was announced at Santos.[2] She made her professional debut on 27 May, coming on as a second-half substitute for Eliana Stábile in a 6–1 away routing of Ceará.[7]

International career

With a Panamanian family, Ortega represented Panama at under-20 level, being also called up to the full side for trainings.[2][8] On 10 April 2023, she was called up by manager Raiza Gutiérrez for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification matches against Curaçao, the Bahamas and Sint Maarten.[9]

Ortega was a starter against Curaçao (5–1 win),[10] an unused substitute against the Bahamas (13–0 win)[11] and came on against Sint Maarten (11–0 win)[12] as Panama qualified to the final tournament; she could not make it into the final squad, however.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Luciana Ortega at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Luciana Ortega é reforço internacional para a defesa das Sereias da Vila em 2023" [Luciana Ortega is an international addition for the defense of the Sereias da Vila in 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Luciana Ortega: "Tenemos equipo para seguir trabajando y mejorando"" [Luciana Ortega: 'We have a team to keep on working and improving"] (in Spanish). TVN. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "La Liga de Fútbol Femenino regresó cargado de goles" [The Liga de Fútbol Femenino returned full of goals] (in Spanish). TVN. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Las futbolistas de la LFF están listas para el Torneo 2022" [The footballers of the LFF are ready for the 2022 tournament] (in Spanish). RPC. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Florida West FL 04 ECNL-R". Soccer in College. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Estrangeiras marcam e Sereias goleiam o Ceará no Brasileiro Feminino" [Foreigners score and Sereias thrash Ceará in the Brasileiro Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Selecciones femeninas se preparan para sus compromisos internacionales" [Women's national teams get ready for their international fixtures] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Luciana Ortega, del Santos brasileño a Panamá Femenina Sub-20" [Luciana Ortega, from Brazilian Santos to the Panama women's national under-20 team] (in Spanish). RPC. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Panamá Sub-20 se estrena en las Clasificatorias con goleada ante Curazao" [Panama under-20s debut in the qualifiers with a routing over Curaçao] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Panamá Sub-20 golea a Bahamas y se acerca al Premundial" [Panama under-20s thrash the Bahamas and get closer to the Pre-World Cup] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Panamá Sub-20 se clasifica al Premundial de Concacaf" [Panama under-20s qualify to the CONCACAF Pre-World Cup] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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