Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian

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, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras.

Club career

Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroad to play in El Salvador. He came to Honduras in 1968. He played for

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and Marathón of San Pedro Sula, rising to become an important player for both clubs. Ortega was the Honduran league's leading goal-scorer with 18 goals for Marathón in the 1969–70 season. He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.

Managerial career

After he retired from playing, Ortega managed the

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at the

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finals, leading Honduras to a second-place finish. He won the

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with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.

Honduran clubs statistics

Personal life and death

Ortega's mother's name is Maria Candida Sanches, he had a brother named Esteban Ortega Filho and a sister named Rosa Maria Ortega Santos. He was married to Honduran Ligia Hernández de Ortega and the couple had four children: Claudia, Flavio, and twins Liliane and Lilian. He became a Honduran citizen in 1992. In 2005, when with Platense, he suffered multiple injuries sustained in a car accident. Ortega died of a respiratory disorder, which added to kidney failure both results from a

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, in 2007 in

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.Muere entrenador brasileño-hondureño Flavio Ortega
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Honours

Manager

;Real C.D. España *

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: (2): 1988–89, 1990–91 ;C.S. Cartaginés *

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(1):

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;Olimpia *

(1): 1995–96 ;Marathón *

(1): 2002–03 C

Individual

* Honduran Liga Nacional Top Scorer: (1): 1969–70

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega, Flavio 1944 births 2007 deaths Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Fluminense FC players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers C.D. Marathón players Real C.D. España players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Brazilian football managers Real C.D. España managers Honduras national football team managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate football managers in Guatemala Expatriate football managers in Honduras Brazilian emigrants to Honduras Naturalized citizens of Honduras Honduran football managers C.D. Olimpia managers C.D. Marathón managers F.C. Motagua managers Platense F.C. managers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen