Thomas Sebastián Ortega (born 6 December 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

Independiente Rivadavia Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football leag ...

Professional career

On 8 January 2020, Ortega signed his first professional contract with Independiente. Ortega made his professional debut with Independiente in a 1-0

loss to Racing Club on 9 February 2020. In June 2022, Ortega joined

Primera 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 teams ...

side Instituto on loan for the rest of 2023 with a purchase option. In February 2023, Independiente sent Ortega on a one-year loan to Primera Nacional club Tristan Suárez. In January 2025, Ortega joined

, signing as a free agent.

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