Luciana Ortega

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortega and the second or maternal family name is Urriolagoitia.
Luciana Ortega
Personal information
Full name Luciana Ortega Urriolagoitia[1]
Date of birth (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 20)[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]

On 16 December 2023, after being mainly used with the under-20 squad of the Sereias during the year, Ortega suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[8]

International career

With a Panamanian family, Ortega represented Panama at under-20 level, being also called up to the full side for trainings.[2][9] 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.[10]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Luciana Ortega at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Luciana Ortega tem lesão de LCA e inicia recuperação nas Sereias" [Luciana Ortega has an ACL injury and starts recovery at the Sereias] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.