Celso Ortiz

{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1989)}} {{family name hatnote|Ortiz|Gamarra|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Celso Ortiz | image = Celso-ortiz-1312496236.jpg | caption = Ortiz in 2011 | full_name = Celso Fabián Ortiz Gamarra<ref name="FCWC 2019">{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey |publisher=FIFA |page=3 |date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|26|df=y}}<ref name="FCWC 2019"/> | birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay | height = 1.74 m<ref name="FCWC 2019"/> | currentclub = Nacional | clubnumber = 16 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = Cerro Porteño | years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Cerro Porteño | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2010–2016 | clubs2 = AZ Alkmaar | caps2 = 100 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2016–2023 | clubs3 = Monterrey | caps3 = 264 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Pachuca | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Nacional | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2007–2009 | nationalteam1 = Paraguay U20 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2010–2019 | nationalteam2 = Paraguay | nationalcaps2 = 22 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 13 August 2025 | nationalteam-update = 9 October 2020 (UTC) }}

'''Celso Fabián Ortiz Gamarra''' (born 26 January 1989) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nacional.

==Career==

On 26 August 2009, AZ Alkmaar secured the services of the Paraguayan football midfielder.<ref>[http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/248835-Celso-Ortiz-viaja-para-fichar-por-el-Alkmaar-de-Holanda- Celso Ortiz viaja para fichar por el Alkmaar de Holanda]</ref> The Dutch club have signed him from Cerro Porteño on a five-year deal. Ortiz joined AZ in January 2010.<ref>[http://www.az.nl/index.php?id=27&newsid=235281&folderid=222 AZ contracteert Celso Ortiz] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830035606/http://www.az.nl/index.php?id=27&newsid=235281&folderid=222 |date=30 August 2009}}</ref> On 6 June 2016, Monterrey coach Antonio Mohamed announced that Ortiz would be their first signing ahead of the Apertura 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-oranje.com/celso-ortiz-leaves-az-alkmaar/|title = Celso Ortiz leaves AZ Alkmaar|date = 9 June 2016}}</ref>

==International career==

Ortiz was a member of the Paraguay national under-20 football team<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_5515537,00.html AZ land Paraguay starlet]</ref> and represented the team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2009/08/26/1463079/official-az-sign-paraguay-under-20-star-celso-ortiz |title=Official: AZ Sign Paraguay Under-20 Star Celso Ortiz |access-date=27 August 2009 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230034436/https://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2009/08/26/1463079/official-az-sign-paraguay-under-20-star-celso-ortiz |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was selected in the final 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América, playing the full 90 minutes in the quarterfinal loss against host Brazil.

==Honours== '''AZ Alkmaar''' *KNVB Cup: 2012–13

'''Monterrey''' *Liga MX: Apertura 2019 *Copa MX: Apertura 2017, 2019–20 *CONCACAF Champions League: 2019, 2021

'''Pachuca''' *CONCACAF Champions Cup: 2024

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{BDFA|67460|Celso Fernando Ortiz}} * {{Soccerway|celso-ortiz/72283}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519043146/http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/celso-fabian-ortiz-gamarra.htm |title=Celso Ortiz at ''Voetbal International'' |date=19 May 2014 }} {{in lang|nl}} * {{Fichajes|j72283_celso-fabian-ortiz-gamarra}}

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