Danny Ortiz

Not to be confused with Danny Ortiz (baseball).
Dany Ortiz
Personal information
Full name Josué Danny Ortiz Maldonado
Date of birth (1976-07-26)July 26, 1976
Place of birth Las Palmas, Guatemala
Date of death February 29, 2004(2004-02-29) (aged 27)
Place of death Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Deportivo Carchá
Deportivo Coatepeque
Ayutla
Teculután
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 CD Suchitepequez
2000–2001 Deportivo Carchá
2001–2002 Comunicaciones
2002–2004 CSD Municipal
International career‡
2001–2002 Guatemala 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2010
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Maldonado.

Josué Danny Ortiz Maldonado (July 26, 1976 – February 29, 2004) was a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who played for the Guatemala national team and CSD Municipal.

Club career

Ortíz played for both Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones and CSD Municipal as well as for CD Suchitepequez and Deportivo Carchá. He succeeded national team goalkeeper Edgar Estrada between the Comunicaciones goalposts when Estrada moved to Municipal, only to take him to Municipal himself a year later in a swap deal which returned Estrada to the Cremas.

International career

Ortiz made his debut for Guatemala in a February 2001 friendly match against Panama and had collected a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001[1] and at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2] He was deemed the natural successor to Edgar Estrada in the national team until his premature death.

His final international was an October 2002 friendly match against Jamaica.

Death

During a 2004 match with Municipal against their eternal rivals and his former club CSD Comunicaciones, the 211th clasico between the clubs, Ortiz collided with Mario Rodríguez of the opposing team, suffering a torn pericardium.[3] He was taken to the Hospital Centro Médico where Ortiz died two hours later.[4]

He became the third Municipal player after Jhonny Aldana and goalkeeper Rolando Marroquín to die while active for the club.[5] He is survived by his wife and 2 children.

Ortiz became the namesake of the Josué Danny Ortiz Trophy, awarded to the goalkeeper who concedes the least amount of goals during each half of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season.[6]

References

  1. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details - RSSSF
  2. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF
  3. ^ "Muere un portero de Guatemala a consecuencia de un choque fuerte". Diario de León (in Spanish). 2 March 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Guatemaltecos lloran al portero de los "Rojos"". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ Aguilas del America (29 February 2004). "Muere portero de Guatemala". BigSoccer (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Danny Ortiz Jr. recuerda a su padre Josué Danny Ortiz a 17 años de su fallecimiento". espndeportes.espn.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2024.