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Christian Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Christian Jonatan Ortiz
Date of birth	20 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008	Real Arroyo Seco
2008–2010	Huracán
2010–2012	Racing Club
2012–2018	Independiente
2016	→ Universidad San Martín (loan)
2017	→ Sporting Cristal (loan)
2018	Universidad San Martín
2019–2020	Sporting Cristal
2020–2021	Independiente del Valle
2021–2023	Tijuana
2022	→ Charlotte FC (loan)
2022	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)
2023	→ Barcelona SC (loan)
2024–	Sport Recife
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Christian Jonatan Ortiz (born 20 August 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sport Recife.^[1]

Career

Ortiz's career began in 2008 with Real Arroyo Seco in Torneo Argentino A, he featured ten times for the club.^[3] In 2008, Ortiz joined Huracán of the Argentine Primera División. Two years later, after no games for Huracán, Ortiz left to join Uruguayan Primera División team Racing Club. He made his professional debut on 5 September 2010 in a defeat to Liverpool, prior to scoring his first senior goal two weeks later against River Plate.^[1] He spent two seasons with Racing Club, scoring six goals in thirty-seven appearances.^[1] In July 2012, Ortiz returned to Argentine football to sign for Avellaneda's Independiente.^[1]^[4]

His Independiente debut arrived on 28 November versus Belgrano.^[1] After just two further appearances in the next four years, Ortiz joined Peruvian Primera División side Universidad San Martín on loan for the 2016 season.^[1]^[5] He went on to score twenty times, including one brace against Alianza Atlético on 18 September 2016, in forty appearances for the club.^[1] On 24 January 2017, Ortiz returned to Peru to play for Sporting Cristal on loan.^[1] He scored in his first match, netting a late consolation against Sport Rosario on 25 February.^[1] Ten more goals followed in forty-five games in all competitions for them.^[1]^[6]^[7]

Former club Universidad San Martín resigned Ortiz permanently in July 2018, seven months before he completed a return to another previous team: Sporting Cristal.^[1] He made his bow on 24 February versus Alianza Lima, prior to scoring twice on his Copa Sudamericana debut against Unión Española in May.^[1]^[8]

Career statistics

As of 22 May 2019.^[1]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Arroyo Seco	2008–09	Torneo Argentino A	10	0	0	0	—		0	0	10	0
Huracán	2008–09	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2009–10	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Racing Club	2010–11	Uruguayan Primera División	11	2	—		—		0	0	11	2
	2011–12	Uruguayan Primera División	26	4	—		—		0	0	26	4
	Total		37	6	—		—		0	0	37	6
Independiente	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2013–14	Primera B Nacional	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2014	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2015		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Universidad San Martín (loan)	2016	Peruvian Primera División	40	20	—		—		0	0	40	20
Sporting Cristal (loan)	2017		39	11	—		6^[a]	0	0	0	45	11
Universidad San Martín	2018		18	7	—		—		0	0	18	7
Sporting Cristal	2019		10	4	—		5^[b]	2	0	0	15	6
Career total			156	48	1	1	11	2	0	0	168	51