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Cristóbal Ortega

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Cristóbal Ortega
Personal information
Full name Cristóbal Ortega Martínez
Date of birth (1956-07-25)25 July 1956
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death 2 January 2025(2025-01-02) (aged 68)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1992 América 608 (36)
Total 608 (36)
International career
1977–1986 Mexico 24 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristóbal Ortega Martínez (25 July 1956 – 2 January 2025) was a Mexican professional footballer. He played as a midfielder for América in the Mexican Primera División from 1974 to 1992. He also played for the Mexico national team, making twenty-four appearances from 1977 to 1986.

Ortega died on 2 January 2025 at a hospital in Mexico City from cancer, aged 68.[1][2]

References

  1. Alex Domínguez (2 January 2025). "Muere Cristóbal Ortega, mítico jugador del América, a los 68 años" (in Spanish). Infobae.
  2. "Cristóbal Ortega Passes Away, One of America's Greatest Icons". Footboom. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.