Rafael Ortega El Xalapa

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Rafael Ortega El Xalapa
Personnel
birthday circa 1957
place of birth Xalapa , Veracruz ,  Mexico
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1975-1988 Tuberos de Veracruz
1978-1982 CD Veracruz
1982-1989 CF Monterrey
1989-1990 CD Veracruz
1 Only league games are given.

Rafael Ortega (* approx. 1957 in Xalapa , Veracruz ), also known by the nickname El Xalapa after his hometown , is a former Mexican soccer player who mainly played in midfield .

Life

Ortega began his career as a professional player with the Tuberos de Veracruz , with whom he won the championship of the third-rate Tercera División in the 1975/76 season and spent the following two seasons in the second division . He was then committed by city ​​rivals CD Veracruz , with whom he was under contract from 1978 to 1982 and again in his last season in 1989/90. The intervening years from 1982 to 1989 he spent at CF Monterrey , with whom he won the Mexican football championship at Torneo México 86 .

At the age of 33, he ended his active career due to a serious knee injury and returned to Monterrey , where he became an entrepreneur. He is currently working for a youth project at the Universidad Veracruzana .

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personal data
SURNAME Ortega, Rafael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Xalapa (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Xalapa , Veracruz , Mexico