Ricardo Ortíz

Ricardo Ortíz
Personnel
Surname	Ricardo Alberto Ortiz Saldaña
birthday	February 6, 1957
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
Juniors
Years	station
around 1964–	Náutico (Montevideo, Punta Gorda )
	Liceo La Mennais
	Defensor Sporting
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1971-1980	Defensor
1981-1983	Club Atlético Peñarol
1984	Deportes Tolima
1985	Defensor
1986	Bella Vista
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1974 - at least 1975	Uruguay (Juniors)	at least 6 (0)
1976–?	Uruguay
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1988-1989	Central Español
1990	El Tanque Sisley
1991	Club Atlético Peñarol
1992	Racing Montevideo
1993	B national team Uruguay
1994	Centro Atlético Fénix
1996 - ????	Defensor Sporting
1998	Cobresal
1999	Fernández Vial
2000	Santiago Morning
2001	River Plate Montevideo
2002	Defensor Sporting
2003	Universitario
2004	Deportivo Maldonado
2005	Universidad
2006	Real España
2006–2007 (?)	Deportivo Vida
2006–2007 (?)	Club Sportivo Cerrito
2007-2008	Fernández Vial
2008-2010	Deportivo Victoria
2011	Club Atlético Cerro
2012-2013	Club Atlético Cerro
2015	CD Platense
2016	Club Atlético Atenas
1 Only league games are given.

Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz , full name: Ricardo Alberto Ortiz Saldaña , (born February 6, 1957 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a former Uruguayan football player and current coach.

Player career

society

As a player, Ortíz was initially under contract with Defensor in Montevideo for nine years from 1971 . As a 14-year-old he initially played in the local fifth division team, but made his debut in the first division under the coach Prof. de León at the end of 1971 and was a member of the third division Defensors the following year. During his time at Defensor, he was first Uruguayan champion in 1976. As a small club, Defensor broke the previous dominance of the two large Montevidean clubs Peñarol and Nacional for the first time. During this period, however, Ortíz suffered a serious injury. The rupture of his patellar tendon almost marked the end of his career. The club doctor Nacionals Dr. However , by means of an operation, Suero saved him from this impending sport-related stroke of fate that would otherwise have befallen him at the age of 19. At his next station, Peñarol , he was able to expand his collection of titles with the team trained by Luis Cubilla . Three times in a row (1981, 1982, 1983) the Uruguayan championship was won. In addition, he won the Copa Libertadores and World Cup in 1982 . After his time in Montevideo, he left his home country for Colombia . There he joined Deportes Tolima in 1984 and won the Colombian runner-up championship. Leading through another station at Defensor in 1985, his playing career finally ended in 1986 with the Uruguayan club Bella Vista .

National team

In 1974 he was a member of the Uruguayan junior national team and won with them as captain, beaten in the final by Brazil, the vice- South American championship in Chile . The following year he was with the U-selection South American champion at the tournament in Peru . During the tournament, coach Walter Brienza was used six times. He didn't score a goal. In 1976 he made his debut in the senior national team of Uruguay and in 1980 was part of the successful squad at Mundialito .

Coaching career

After taking his first steps in the coaching business as an assistant coach at Central Español in 1988 , his coaching career began with a brief stopover at El Tanque Sisley , where he was promoted to the Primera División in 1990, and in 1991 at Peñarol , when he was on April 27th 1991 sacked Argentine César Luis Menotti on May 2, 1991 succeeded. At the Aurinegros he formed a team of trainers with Prof. Antonio Tchakidjian ( preparador físico ) and Carlos Aguilera (assistant trainer). In the same year he won the Copa Cagliari with his team . In 1992 he was under contract with Racing Montevideo and the following year he coached the Uruguayan B selection. A coaching position at Centro Atlético Fénix followed in 1994. From 1996 he also worked for the first time as a trainer at Defensor Sportings. There he won the championship title of Torneo Clausura in 1997. In 1998, his path as a coach took him abroad for the first time. He trained Cobresal , Fernández Vial and Santiago Morning in the following years . After returning to Uruguay, he came to Defensor again in a second term in 2002 via a stopover at River Plate Montevideo . There he reached with his team in the same year the final of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores , the national qualifying competition for the Copa Libertadores . He then went abroad again and coached the Peruvian club Universitario in 2003. Other clubs under his direction were Deportivo Maldonado (2004) and the Honduran clubs Universidad (2005), Real España (2006) and Deportivo Vida (2006/07). In the 2006/07 season, Ortíz then also coached the then Uruguayan first division club Cerrito for a month . Again coach at Fernández Vial (2007/08), he moved on to Honduras first division . From October 2008 he was under contract with Deportivo Victoria, succeeding Javier Padilla . However, he was fired from the Hondurans in February 2010 after claiming outstanding salary. In the 2010/11 season he took over on February 16, 2011, the coaching position at the Uruguayan first division club Cerro . On December 21, 2011, coach Ricardo "Tato" Ortiz and the club announced the amicable separation. In July 2012, however, he returned to his previous employer, who finally fired him again in February 2013.

From July 2015 to September 2015 he coached CD Platense in Honduras and from January 2016 to April 2016 he was coach of the Uruguayan second division club Atlético Atenas .

successes

As a player

• 4 × Uruguayan champions (1976, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• Copa Libertadores (1982)
• World Cup (1982)
• Colombian runner-up (1984)
• Junior South American Champion 1975

As a trainer

• Rise with El Tanque Sisley (1990)
• Master of Torneo Clausura with Defensor Sporting (1997)
• Copa Cagliari Winner (1991)

Private

Ortíz, who has been married to his wife for over 30 years, has three sons.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sudamericanos s20: década del 70 (Spanish) on auf.org.uy, accessed on April 26, 2015
2. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 1st edition 2005, 815
3. ↑ El uruguayo Ricardo Ortiz dirigirá al Victoria de Honduras (Spanish) on adn.es of October 11, 2008, accessed on December 23, 2011
4. ↑ Ricardo Ortiz destituido del Victoria por reclamar su salario en Honduras (Spanish) on futbolred.com from February 18, 2010, accessed on December 23, 2011
5. ↑ Ricardo Ortiz: “Estoy feliz de volver al fútbol uruguayo” (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy of February 17, 2011, accessed on December 25, 2012
6. ↑ “Ricardo Ortiz no continuará en Cerro - Ajustes técnicos” (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy of December 21, 2011, accessed on December 21, 2011
7. ↑ Vuelve el "Tato" ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on cambiodefrente.com from July 4, 2012, accessed December 25, 2012 
8. ↑ Cerro cesó a Ricardo Ortíz, in: JBC of February 27, 2013, accessed on March 31, 2015 (Spanish)
9. ↑ Ricardo Ortíz in the soccerway.com database, accessed October 4, 2016
10. ↑ Biography on ricardoortiz.com.uy  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed December 23, 2011  
11. ↑ Profile on the website of Club Atlético Cerro ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed December 23, 2011