Néstor Ortigoza


Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza is an Argentine, naturalized Paraguayan football central midfielder, who currently plays for Rosario Central in the Argentine Primera División

Club career

Ortigoza started his career in 2004, playing for Argentinos Juniors. In 2005, he had a brief loan spell with Nueva Chicago before returning to Argentinos. In 2007, he began to establish himself as an important member of the first team squad and in 2009 he became a near permanent fixture in the first team squad after the appointment of Claudio Borghi as the manager of Argentinos Juniors.
Ortigoza was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 17 of the clubs 19 games and scored 3 goals during their championship winning campaign been their captain and was selected Footballer of the Year in Argentina.
In 2011, San Lorenzo bought the entire move from Argentinos Juniors for $2,200,000 and signed the player for three seasons.
In July 2012, Ortigoza signed a one-year loan contract with Emirates Club in the United Arab Emirates.
In December 2017, Ortigoza signed with Rosario Central from Olimpia.

International career

Ortigoza's father is Paraguayan, meaning that the Paraguay national football team's coach Gerardo Martino had the interest of Ortigoza playing for the Paraguay national team due to Ortigoza is entitled to request Paraguayan citizenship. .
On 8 April 2009 he obtained Paraguayan nationality, which enabled him to play for the Paraguay national team.
Ortigoza was called to the Paraguay national football team for the Qualification matches against Venezuela and Colombia. He played in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. On 14 October 2014, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 friendly away defeat against China.

International goal

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 October 2014Helong Stadium, Changsha1–21–2Friendly

Style of play

Néstor Ortigoza is known for stocky, physical build, and his ability to win the ball as a central midfielder. His range of distribution and his slow-paced, intelligent, precise passing game also enable him to influence games from deeper positions in midfield, where he can set the tempo of his team's play and orchestrate attacking moves. He is also a penalty kick specialist.

Honours

;Argentinos Juniors
;San Lorenzo
;Rosario Central