Marcelo Ortiz

Marcelo Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Damián Ortiz
Date of birth	13 January 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth	Corrientes, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Audax Italiano
Number	29
Youth career
	Boca Unidos
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2022	Boca Unidos
2012–2013	→ Comunicaciones (loan)
2017–2019	→ Rosario Central (loan)
2019–2021	→ Atlético Tucumán (loan)
2022–2025	Atlético Tucumán
2024	→ Santa Fe (loan)
2026–	Audax Italiano
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2026

Marcelo Damián Ortiz (born 13 January 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean club Audax Italiano.^[1]

Career

Ortiz started off with Primera B Nacional's Boca Unidos, who loaned him out during the 2012–13 campaign to Comunicaciones of Torneo Argentino B.^[2]^[3] He made twenty-two appearances for Comunicaciones before returning to his parent club.^[2] 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.^[1]^[3] He then made one hundred and ten further appearances in the following years between 2014 and 2017.^[1]

On 5 August 2017, Ortiz joined Argentine Primera División side Rosario Central on loan.^[1]^[4] His Primera División debut arrived on 26 August versus Colón.^[1]

In January 2026, Ortiz joined Chilean club Audax Italiano.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2018.^[1]^[2]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League Cup		Continental^[b]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boca Unidos	2011–12	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2013–14		11	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	12	0
	2014		10	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	10	0
	2015		38	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	38	0
	2016		15	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	15	0
	2016–17		37	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	37	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		111	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	112	0
Comunicaciones (loan)	2012–13	Torneo Argentino B	22	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	22	0
Rosario Central (loan)	2017–18	Primera División	3	0	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	4	0
Career total			136	0	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	138	0

↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
↑ Includes the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Rosario Central^[1]

Copa Argentina: 2017–18

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Marcelo Ortiz profile". Soccerway. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
1 2 3 "Marcelo Ortiz profile". BDFA. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
1 2 "El pibe Marcelo Ortíz, otro correntino que debutó en Boca Unidos". El Litoral. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "Marcelo Ortiz viene a dar una mano y llega con un préstamo por un año". La Capital. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ @audaxoficial; (2 January 2026). "¡BIENVENIDO AL AUDAX, MARCELO! 🛡️🇦🇷" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via Instagram.

External links

Marcelo Ortiz at Soccerway

[6] Includes the Copa Argentina

[7] Includes the Copa Sudamericana

[Soccerway_profile-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Marcelo Ortiz profile". Soccerway. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[BDFA_profile-2] 1 2 3 "Marcelo Ortiz profile". BDFA. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[Comunicaciones/Boca_Unidos-3] 1 2 "El pibe Marcelo Ortíz, otro correntino que debutó en Boca Unidos". El Litoral. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[Joined_Rosario_Central-4] "Marcelo Ortiz viene a dar una mano y llega con un préstamo por un año". La Capital. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[5] @audaxoficial; (2 January 2026). "¡BIENVENIDO AL AUDAX, MARCELO! 🛡️🇦🇷" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via Instagram.

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