{{short description|Guatemalan footballer (1976–2004)}} {{distinguish|Danny Ortiz (baseball)}} {{family name hatnote|Ortiz|Maldonado|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dany Ortiz | fullname = Josué Danny Ortiz Maldonado | image = Danny_Ortiz.png | birth_date = {{Birth date|1976|7|26}} | birth_place = Las Palmas, Guatemala | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|02|29|1976|07|26}} | death_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala | height = {{height|m=1.84}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Carchá | youthclubs2 = Coatepeque | youthclubs3 = Ayutla | youthclubs4 = Teculután | years1 = 1998–1999 | years2 = 2000–2001 | years3 = 2001–2002 | years4 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Suchitepéquez | clubs2 = Carchá | clubs3 = Comunicaciones | clubs4 = Municipal | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam1 = Guatemala | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 28 February 2010 | ntupdate = 28 February 2010 | caption = Ortiz with Guatemala in 2002 }}
'''Josué Danny Ortiz Maldonado''' (July 26, 1976 – February 29, 2004) was a Guatemalan professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
==Club career== Ortíz played for both Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones and CSD Municipal as well as for CD Suchitepequez and Deportivo Carchá. He succeeded national team goalkeeper Edgar Estrada between the Comunicaciones goalposts when Estrada moved to Municipal, only to take him to Municipal himself a year later in a swap deal which returned Estrada to the ''Cremas''.
==International career== Ortiz made his debut for Guatemala in a February 2001 friendly match against Panama and had collected a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details] - RSSSF</ref> and at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details] - RSSSF</ref> He was deemed the natural successor to Edgar Estrada in the national team until his premature death.
His final international was an October 2002 friendly match against Jamaica.
==Death== During a 2004 match with Municipal against their eternal rivals and his former club CSD Comunicaciones, the 211th ''clasico'' between the clubs, Ortiz collided with Mario Rodríguez of the opposing team, suffering a torn pericardium.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodeleon.es/deportes/40302/795524/muere-portero-guatemala-consecuencia-choque-fuerte.html |title=Muere un portero de Guatemala a consecuencia de un choque fuerte |date=2 March 2004 |access-date=27 October 2019 |newspaper=Diario de León |language=es}}</ref> He was taken to the Hospital Centro Médico where Ortiz died two hours later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2004/03/02/deportes/dep1.asp |title=Guatemaltecos lloran al portero de los "Rojos" |newspaper=El Diario de Hoy |language=es |date=2 March 2004 |access-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040715012929/http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2004/03/02/deportes/dep1.asp |archive-date=15 July 2004}}</ref>
He became the third Municipal player after Jhonny Aldana and goalkeeper Rolando Marroquín to die while active for the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98958 |title=Muere portero de Guatemala |work=BigSoccer |language=es |author=Aguilas del America |date=29 February 2004 |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> He is survived by his wife and 2 children.
Ortiz became the namesake of the Josué Danny Ortiz Trophy, awarded to the goalkeeper who concedes the fewest number of goals during each half of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/8252236/danny-ortiz-recuerda-a-su-padre-josue-danny-ortiz|title=Danny Ortiz Jr. recuerda a su padre Josué Danny Ortiz a 17 años de su fallecimiento|accessdate=January 13, 2024|date=February 28, 2021|website=espndeportes.espn.com}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Association football|Guatemala|Biography}} * List of association footballers who died while playing
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|pid=2765}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316110245/http://www.selecciondeguatemala.net/ Tribute to Dany Ortiz] - Seleccion de Guatemala
{{Guatemala squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz, Danny}} Category:1976 births Category:2004 deaths Category:People from Quetzaltenango Department Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Guatemalan men's footballers Category:Guatemala men's international footballers Category:CSD Suchitepéquez players Category:Comunicaciones FC players Category:C.S.D. Municipal players Category:2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Category:Association football players who died while playing Category:Sport deaths in Guatemala