Sara Ortega
Personal information
Full name Sara Ortega Ruiz
Date of birth (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005[1]
Place of birth Logroño, Spain[2]
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Club
Number 34
Youth career
2017–2019 Comillas
2019–2020 Athletic Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Athletic Club C 14 (3)
2020– Athletic Club B 40 (8)
2021– Athletic Club 23 (2)
International career‡
2021–2022 Spain U17 17 (0)
2023– Spain U19 7 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Winner2022 India
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2023 Belgium
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023

Sara Ortega Ruiz (born 20 February 2005) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Athletic Club.

Club career

Ortega started her career at Comillas' academy.[4] Ortega made her senior debut in the Copa de la Reina against Racing in January 2022 at only 16 years old, scoring a goal after coming on as a substitute. She became the first woman to debut for Athletic Club at 16 years of age since Leyre Monente in 2016.[5] In February, she then debuted in the Primera División against Eibar.[6]

International career

In January 2020, Ortega received a call up to join the Spain under-16 team for training.[7] Ortega made her debut for the Spain under-17 squad in September 2021 against Iceland.[8] She was a member of the squads which finished runners-up at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, then won the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

She subsequently moved up to the under 19s, and won the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[9][10] Her progression at club and international levels closely mirrored her teammate and friend Jone Amezaga.[11]

Honours

Spain U17

Spain U19

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Sara Ortega at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ortega". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Profile of Sara Ortega". laliga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ortega". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Grande, Juan Carlos (28 January 2022). "Sara Ortega debuta en el Athletic femenino con 16 años". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Nieto García, Carlos (2 February 2022). "El Athletic se gusta en el derbi". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Marín A., Diego (13 October 2021). "Logroño, el Athletic y La Roja". La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "La futbolista riojana Sara Ortega Ruiz, debuta con la sub'17" (in Spanish). Actualidad Rioja Baja. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. ↑ Daniel García Arnáiz (30 July 2023). "La futbolista riojana Sara Ortega se proclama campeona de Europa sub-19" [The Riojan footballer Sara Ortega is proclaimed under-19 champion of Europe]. NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Endika Río (30 July 2023). "Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga volverán a Bilbao como campeonas" [Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga return to Bilbao as champions]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Ortega & Amezaga, two friends achieving their dreams together, Athletic Club website, 1 December 2022
  12. ↑ "U-17 queens Spain make it two in a row". FIFA.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "2023 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.


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