Marcelo Damián Ortiz (born 13 January 1994) is an Argentine professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its footba ...

Career

Ortiz started off with

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

Boca Unidos Club Atlético Boca Unidos (mostly known simply as Boca Unidos) is an Argentine football and basketball club from Corrientes Province. The football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of Argentine football league ...

, who loaned him out during the 2012–13 campaign to

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

Torneo Argentino B Torneo Argentino B was one of two leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, made up of 100+ teams playing within eight regional zones across Argentina. The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...

. He made twenty-two appearances for Comunicaciones before returning to his parent club. Boca Unidos subsequently gave Ortiz his professional football debut in December 2013 during a Primera B Nacional home draw over San Martín, having previously been an unused substitute three times between the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. He then made one hundred and ten further appearances in the following years between 2014 and 2017. On 5 August 2017, Ortiz joined

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

side

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...

on loan. His Primera División debut arrived on 26 August versus Colón.

Career statistics

Honours

;Rosario Central *

Copa Argentina The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The first editions ...

: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz, Marcelo 1994 births Living people Footballers from Corrientes Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Primera Nacional players Torneo Argentino B players Argentine Primera División players Boca Unidos footballers Club Comunicaciones (Mercedes) footballers Rosario Central footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Categoría Primera A players Independiente Santa Fe footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia 21st-century Argentine sportsmen