Neira Ortiz

Neira Ortiz
Neira Ortiz on November 2, 2019 in Dingolfing after the round of 16 cup match against TV Dingolfing
portrait
Date of birth	July 6, 1993
place of birth	San Juan, Puerto Rico
size	1.93 m
position	Middle block
societies
until 2011 2011–2014 2015–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 since 2019	Cupeyville High School Colorado University Capitalinas de San Juan Allianza Lima Polluelas de Aibonito Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
National team
	Junior national team A national team
As of September 18, 2019

Neira Maria Ortiz Ruiz (born July 6, 1993 in San Juan ) is a Puerto Rican volleyball player.

Career

Ortiz, the daughter of former professional basketball player José Ortiz , began her career at Cupeyville High School. Since the age of 14, she played for the youth national teams of Puerto Rico. She took part in the NORCECA championships and was runner-up in 2008. In 2009 she played at the Junior World Championships in Tijuana . A year later she was appointed to the senior national team for the first time .

From 2011 to 2014 Ortiz studied at Colorado University and played Buffs on the university team. She then returned to her homeland, where she was active at Capitalinas de San Juan from 2015 to 2017. At this club, the former diagonal attacker moved to the center block. In the 2017/18 season she played in Peru for Allianza Lima . In 2018 she took part in the World Cup in Japan . Then she went to the Puerto Rican club Polluelas de Aibonito . In 2019 Ortiz was signed by the German Bundesliga club Rote Raben Vilsbiburg .

Web links

• Profile at the German Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at Colorado University (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Profile at Colorado University (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Insatisfecha Neira Ortiz. Primera Hora, March 3, 2017, accessed September 18, 2019 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} All-rounder with great ambition: Ravens bring Neira Ortiz from Puerto Rico. Rote Raben, May 28, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 .