Facundo Oreja

Facundo Oreja
Personal information
Full name Facundo Julián Oreja
Date of birth (1982-06-14) 14 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 Aldosivi 151 (2)
2008–2009 Nueva Chicago 33 (1)
2009–2011 San Martín 52 (2)
2011–2012 Ferro Carril Oeste 36 (0)
2012–2019 Gimnasia y Esgrima 196 (3)
2019–2020 Barracas Central 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:54, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Facundo Julián Oreja (born 14 June 1982) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back.[1]

Career

Aldosivi were Oreja's first club, which he played for from 2002 to 2008 and scored two goals in one hundred and fifty-one appearances in Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Nacional.[3] In 2008, Oreja signed for Primera B Metropolitana side Nueva Chicago.[3] He went on to feature thirty-three times and score one goal (vs. Brown) as Nueva Chicago finished 2nd in 2008–09.[3] Further moves to San Martín and Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional followed between 2009 and 2012, during which time he made a total of eighty-eight appearances along with two goals.[1] On 5 July 2012, Oreja joined fellow Primera B Nacional side Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1]

He played in thirty-six fixtures in his first season with Gimnasia y Esgrima, 2012–13, which concluded with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[1][4][5] In the Primera División, Oreja featured one hundred and twenty-one times for the club across his first five seasons in Argentina's top-flight.[1] On 23 June 2019, after two hundred and twenty-one appearances for the La Plata club, Oreja agreed to depart by penning a contract with Barracas Central of Primera B Nacional.[6][7] He left the club by the end of his contract in the summer 2020.[8]

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 36 0 1 0 — — 0 0 37 0
2013–14 Primera División 35 0 0 0 — — 0 0 35 0
2014 17 1 1 0 — 2[a] 0 0 0 20 1
2015 28 0 2 0 — — 3[b] 0 33 0
2016 16 2 1 0 — — 0 0 17 2
2016–17 25 0 4 0 — 2[a] 0 0 0 31 0
2017–18 22 0 0 0 — — 0 0 22 0
2018–19 17 0 4 0 5 0 — 0 0 26 0
Career total 196 3 13 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 221 3
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Facundo Oreja profile". Soccerway. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Facundo Oreja". World Football. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Facundo Oreja profile". BDFA. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ "A Facundo Oreja no lo para nada, ni siquiera una rotura fibrilar". Info Cielo. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Oreja: Nos vamos con bronca". Info Cielo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Suma experiencia". Barracas Central. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Oreja es refuerzo de Barracas Central". IAM Noticias. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. ^ Barracas Central, otro plantel con bajas masivas, iamnoticias.com.ar, 7 July 2020