Alejandro Jesús "Álex" Ortiz Cabrera (born 1 October 1987) is a Spanish

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Career

Born in

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Ortiz began his career with

Alhaurín de la Torre Alhaurín de la Torre is a town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, in southern Spain. The town is part of Málaga Metropolitan Area and of the comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce. It sits at the entrance to the Guadalhorce valley on the slopes ...

-based side CD Lauro in 2006, aged 18. In 2009, he moved to

Alhaurín de la Torre CF Alhaurín de la Torre Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Alhaurín de la Torre, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio ...

, being in charge of the youth and reserve sides before taking over the first team in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

in July 2012. Ortiz left Alhaurín in 2013, and subsequently worked as a manager of the ''Juvenil'' squad of CD Puerto Malagueño before returning to the club in December 2014, as an assistant of Lalo Pavón. On 3 September 2015, after a short period as an assistant of Adrián Cervera at CD San Félix, he was appointed manager of fourth division side

UD San Pedro Unión Deportiva San Pedro is a Spanish football team based in San Pedro Alcántara, Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1974, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal de San Pedro Alcántara'', with a ...

. Ortiz left San Pedro on 3 June 2016, and joined

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

as a manager of the ''Infantil'' squad shortly after. He left the latter in 2019 to move to Romania, where he worked as the Head of Methodology at

FC Viitorul Constanța Fotbal Club Viitorul Constanța (), commonly known as Viitorul Constanța or simply Viitorul, was a Romanian professional football club based in Ovidiu, Constanța County. They last played their home matches in blue and black kits at the Stadio ...

. On 18 August 2020, Ortiz returned to his home country after being named manager of

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

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Polvorín FC Polvorín Fútbol Club, previously Sociedad Deportiva e Cultural Polvorín, is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1991, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Campo Municipal de A Cheda'' w ...

. He renewed his contract the following 26 June, and led the club to a promotion to

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...

at the end of the season. Despite achieving promotion, Ortiz left Lugo on 7 June 2022, and took over

Vélez CF Vélez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Vélez-Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 22 September 1922 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Vivar Téllez'', with a capacity of 2,100 seats. ...

also in the fourth division four days later. On 30 November, he was dismissed after 12 matches. On 1 June 2023, Ortiz was announced as manager of

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

side

CD Rincón Club Deportivo Rincón is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Rincón de la Victoria, Province of Málaga, Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1964, it currently plays in , holding home match ...

. On 6 November, after nine winless rounds, he was dismissed. In 2024, Ortiz joined the structure of

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

as a manager of the ''Cadete A'' squad, before returning to Lugo on 27 February 2025, again as manager of the B-side. On 5 May, following the sacking of

Toni Seligrat José Antonio "Toni" Seligrat Bernal (born 20 October 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Playing career Born in Torrent, Valencian Community, Seligrat never played in any division higher than Tercera Div ...

, he was named manager of the first team for the remaining three matches of the

2024–25 Primera Federación The 2024–25 Primera Federación, also known as Primera Federación Versus e-Learning due to sponsorship reasons, is the fourth for the Primera Federación, the third-highest level in the Spanish football league system. Forty teams will participa ...

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