Martín Ojeda

Martín Exequiel Ojeda (born 27 November 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Major League Soccer club Orlando City.

Career

Ojeda began his senior career with Ferro Carril Oeste of Primera B Nacional. His debut appearance for the club arrived on 30 January 2016 against Atlético Paraná, playing eighty-five minutes and scoring Ferro Carril Oeste's only goal in a 1–1 draw. He scored two more goals in twenty further appearances during 2016. After twenty-four appearances and two goals in his second campaign, Ojeda departed in July 2017 to join Primera División side Racing Club. He made his first top-flight appearance on 17 September versus Banfield, which was one of sixteen matches in his opening season as they finished in seventh place.

After appearing just twice in 2018–19, in the Copa Sudamericana against Corinthians on both occasions, Ojeda left on loan in July 2019 to fellow Primera División team Huracán. He made a total of twelve appearances, scoring in his final league match on 7 March 2020 against Banfield.

Orlando City

2023–2024

On 7 January 2023, Ojeda signed a three-year designated player contract with an additional two option years with Orlando City of Major League Soccer. Ojeda scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Charlotte FC on 18 March.

On 20 July 2024, during a match against New York City FC, Ojeda simulated getting struck by NYCFC player Strahinja Tanasijević, causing Tanasijević to receive a yellow card. Six days later for Ojeda's actions against Tanasijević, Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee announced that Ojeda was fined for violating the Simulation-Embellishment policy. By the end of the 2024 season, Ojeda scored seven goals and made 13 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions, tying him with Nicolás Lodeiro for the most assists for the club in the season and making him only second to Facundo Torres in total goal contributions with twenty. However, Ojeda led the club for the most assists with 12 in the regular season.

2025

On 25 January 2025, it was announced that Ojeda would be moved to the number 10 kit, which was previously worn by the departing Facundo Torres. On 22 March, Ojeda scored the second goal of a 4–1 win over D.C. United with an assist from Iván Angulo and later made two assists, first to Alex Freeman when he delivered a free kick into the box and later when he passed to Marco Pašalić to help Pašalić score the fourth Orlando City goal of the match. Ojeda's performance would see him named to the Team of the Matchday two days later. On 10 May, Ojeda scored his first career hat-trick and the first hat-trick for an Orlando City player since Cyle Larin in September 2015 in a 3–3 draw with the New England Revolution. For Ojeda's hat-trick performance he was once again named to the Team of the Matchday. In the following league match, Ojeda was once again named to the Team of the Matchday for his goal-scoring performance, this time against Charlotte FC, in a 3–1 win.

On 12 July, Ojeda's goal in a 1–1 draw with CF Montréal saw him set a new club record for the most consecutive games with a goal contribution with seven matches in a row seeing him either score or assist. Ojeda's goal also saw him become only the third player for the club to reach double digits goals and assists in a single season after Nani in 2019 and Facundo Torres in 2022. On 19 July, Ojeda scored a brace in a 2–1 win at New England Revolution, which brought him to 12 goals and 10 assists across the regular season, tying Nani's record for the most goal contributions in a regular season and further extended his goal contribution record to nine. Ojeda's performance saw him named to the Team of the Matchday for the fourth time in the season a day later. On 25 July, Ojeda surpassed Nani for the most goal contributions in a regular season, tied Facundo Torres for the most goal contributions in club history, and extended his consecutive goal contribution record to ten when he scored the final goal of a 3–1 win at Columbus Crew. His performance against Columbus Crew would see him named to the Team of the Matchday three days later.

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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Entre Ríos Province
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Major League Soccer players
Designated Players (MLS)
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
Orlando City SC players
21st-century Argentine sportsmen