Ortega is a Spanish surname. In the 9th century a Saint Raymundo Ortega of Bejar was recorded to be in Salamanca, Spain. A baptismal record in 1570 records a de Ortega "from the village of Ortega". There were several villages of this name in Spain. The toponym derives from Latin urtica, meaning "nettle".

Some of the Ortega spelling variants are: Ortega, de Ortega, Ortegada, Ortegal, Hortega, Ortiga, Ortigueda, Ortigueira, Ortigosa, Orreaga, etc. A cognate surname in Italian is Ortica, in Romanian Urzică, in French Ortie, all from Latin urtica.

Origin[link]

Roberto Faure, coauthor of the Diccionario de Apellidos Españoles, states that Ortega is derived from the noun ortega, a spelling variant of the modern Castilian Spanish ortiga "nettle". The name of the plant is found as a toponym in various places in Spain, such as Ortega (Burgos), Ortega (Jaén) or Ortega (Monfero, La Coruña). Mexican author Gutierre Tibón advanced the alternative theory that the name derives from Ortún, earlier Fortún, from the Latin name Fortunius with an added suffix "-eca".^[1] The Dictionary of American Surnames additionally states that the name may derive from ortega: "black grouse."

The first Bishop of Almería, Juan de Ortega, died in the early 16th century, while another early occurrence is found in the baptismal record of Phelpa de Ortega, dated 2 March 1570 at Santa Maria Magdalena, Valladolid, Spain, during the reign of King Philip II of Spain. Other early records are found in Carrión de los Condes, Palencia. The name subsequently appears throughout Spain, especially in Castile, Andalusia and Murcia, as well as México and Latin America.

According to the Diccionario de Heráldica Aragonesa by Bizén d'O Río Martínez, there were two Aragonese lines using the surname, one of which was infanzon. Both lines originated in Cinco Villas and bore coats of arms that were variants of each other. One line is in Gallur in the 18th century, and in Tauste in the 19th century. The other is attested from 1626 in various locations in Aragón.

Coats of arms[link]

Ortega shield (quartered)

There were two arms-bearing families called Ortega. Their coat of arms were as follows:

• Divided horizontally, a gold fleur de lis on a blue background on the left side, and a black wheel on a gold background on the right. The entire shield has a silver border decorated with black ermine marks. These Ortegas were found primarily in Aragón at Gallur, Tauste, and originating in the Cinco Villas.
• Divided in quarters, with the gold fleur de lis on blue in the upper left and lower right, and the black wheel on gold in upper right and lower left. This shield also has the silver ermine border. The full coat of arms includes a helmet with three ostrich feathers and an armored arm holding a sword, above a crown of the Count. These Ortegas came from the Carrión de los Condes in the province of Palencia, moving to Castresana de Losa in the province of Burgos, all in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, later branching to other autonomous communities in Spain before settling in Aragón, at Cinco Villas. This coat of arms can be found among the Ortegas in the New World, brought by Caballero Don Alonso Ortega in 1536. A native of Portillo, Valladolid, and member of the Order of Calatrava, he came to take part in the conquest of México. After the pacification of Jalisco, he founded a house in México City. This Ortega line is still known as the Condes de Ortigueira y Monterroso, Valle de Oploca y Santa María de Guadalupe del Peñasco.

People named Ortega[link]

Politicians[link]

• Carlos Ortega, Venezuelan union and political leader
• Cynthia Ortega (b. 1956), Dutch politician
• Daniel Ortega (born 1945), past and present President of Nicaragua
• Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader
• Ivonne Ortega, governor of Yucatán
• Jesús Ortega (born 1952), Mexican left-wing politician
• José Francisco Ortega, (1734–1798), soldier and early settler of California
• Juan Ortega y Montañés (1627–1708), Spanish bishop and colonial administrator
• Katherine D. Ortega (born 1934), 38th treasurer of the United States

Artists and entertainers[link]

• Fernando Ortega, singer-songwriter
• Gilberto Hernández Ortega (1924-1978), a Dominican painter
• Jeannie Ortega (born 1986), American actress, dancer and songwriter
• José Gómez Ortega (1895–1920), Spanish matador
• José Ortega Cano (born 1953), Spanish bullfighter
• Kenny Ortega, American producer, director and choreographer
• Leanor Ortega, former member of the group Five Iron Frenzy
• Manuel Ortega (born 1980), Austrian-Spanish singer
• Micah Ortega (born 1976), former guitarist of the group Five Iron Frenzy
• Palito Ortega (born 1941), Argentinian singer
• Santos Ortega (1899–1976), American actor
• Sergio Ortega (1938–2003), Chilean composer and pianist

Sportspeople[link]

• Anita Ortega, UCLA basketball player
• Ariel Ortega (born 1974), Argentinian soccer player
• Buck Ortega, American football player
• José Ortega (boxer) (born 1963), Spanish boxer
• Mauricio Ortega (born 1980), Colombian road cyclist
• Víctor Ortega (born 1988), male diver from Colombia

Other people[link]

• Amancio Ortega Gaona (born 1936), Spanish fashion entrepreneur
• Casimiro Gómez de Ortega, Spanish physician and botanist
• Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (born 1938), Archbishop of Havana
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), Spanish philosopher
• Joshua Ortega (born 1974), author and journalist

Fictional characters[link]

• Gael Ortega, in the TV series 24
• Ishmael Ortega, in the Marvel Comics series District X
• Ortega, father of the hero in Dragon Warrior III
• Ortega (Castlevania), character from the Nintendo 64 video game Castlevania
• Victor Ortega, character from the Sega/Super NES video game Saturday Night Slam Masters
• The henchman in The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies who would later become a recurring guest character in Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Ortega Peru, character from Mr. Magoo(1997)
• Captain Ortega, in the TV series The Snorks
• Serge Ortega, in the Well of Souls novel series by Jack L. Chalker
• Susan Ortega, anchorwoman in the movie Bruce Almighty
• The Ortegas, Neverborn hunters led by Perdita Ortega in the tabletop game Malifaux

References[link]

• Gutierre Tibón: "Origen, Vida y Milagros de su Apellido (1946)," "Diccionario Etimologico Comparado De Nombres Propios De Personas (1986)"
• Casa Editora de Genalogia Ibero Americana, A. B. (S. A.)
• Roberto Faure: Diccionario de Apellidos Españoles
• Bizén d'O Río Martínez: Diccionario de Heráldica Aragonesa
• Bernard L. Fontana: "Entrada: The Legacy of Spain and Mexico in the United States"
• Rick McCallister and Silvia McCallister-Castillo: Found under Etruscan in "Compilation and translations from French, Italian and Latin (1999)"
• Charles Cawley: Medieval Lands Project - Asturias & Leon, Kings (2006-2008)

External links[link]

• Ortega Surname
• Histories
• redaragon.com
• Ortega History in México
• Paseo genealógico por la Argentina y Bolivia by Juan Isidro Quesada (google books)
• Ortega Royalty
• Another look at Asturias & Leon Kings
• Ortega y Pérez Gallardo, D. Ricardo

Ariel Ortega

Personal information
Full name	Ariel Ortega
Date of birth	(1974-03-04) 4 March 1974 (age 38)
Place of birth	Ledesma, Jujuy, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club	Defensores de Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1996	River Plate	134	(30)
1997–1998	Valencia	29	(9)
1998–1999	Sampdoria	27	(8)
1999–2000	Parma	18	(3)
2000–2002	River Plate	56	(23)
2002–2003	Fenerbahçe	14	(5)
2004–2006	Newell's Old Boys	53	(11)
2006–2011	River Plate	82	(12)
2008–2009	→ Independiente (RIV) (loan)	25	(4)
2011	→ All Boys (loan)	12	(0)
2011–	Defensores de Belgrano	27	(4)
National team‡
1993–2010	Argentina	87	(17)
Honours Competitor for  Argentina Men's Football Olympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Pan American Games Gold 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:01, 20 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" ("The Little Donkey"), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega".

Ortega's previous clubs include Fenerbahçe, Parma, Sampdoria, Valencia, and Newell's Old Boys. Ortega played for his country in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Biography[link]

He is well known for his pace, ability and skills from dead ball situations, ball trickery, clever body feints and lobbed shots. At his prime he was one of the best dribblers in the world. Along with his skills, Ortega is infamously temperamental.

Europe[link]

Ortega left Argentina in 1996. He played 1½ seasons for Valencia CF before being signed by Sampdoria in 1998 for 23 billion Italian lire (£8 million),^[1] replacing Juan Sebastián Verón. After the club was relegated to Serie B, Ortega joined Parma AC, rejoining national and former club team-mate Hernán Crespo, replacing Verón again who left for Lazio. Parma paid Sampdoria 28 billion lire (£9.4 million).^[2] However, in the following season he returned to Argentina with River Plate, to compensate unpaid 12 billion lire transfer fees of Crespo. (The 10% of the transfer fees to Lazio) Claudio Husaín also joined the club.^[3] River Plate acquired 50% registration rights of Ortega for 5.5 million dollars.^[4]

Fenerbahçe and ban[link]

In May 2002, Fenerbahçe signed Ortega from River Plate for a fee of USD 7,500,000 (USD 2,500,000 of which was paid to Parma). Fenerbahçe also bought his image rights for a further USD 1,500,000. Ortega signed a 4-year contract.^[5] He was one of the key players of the team, scoring 5 goals in 14 matches.

Fenerbahçe were forced to file a complaint to FIFA in April 2003 as Ortega had failed to return from international duty since 12 February 2003.^[5] In June 2003 the FIFA Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) ordered Ortega to pay Fenerbahçe USD 11,000,000 as compensation for breach of an employment contract and suspended him until 30 December 2003.^[5] Ortega appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in July 2003 but the case was dismissed on 5 November.^[5] Ortega served a 4 month suspension from that day.^[5] After the ban he was without a club..

Return to Argentina[link]

In 2004, when he could finally come back to football, he joined Newell's Old Boys after he was called by his friend Américo Gallego, who at the time was Newell's' coach. Newell paid an unknown sum to Fenerbahçe as part compensation for what Ortega owed the club. They won the Apertura 2004.

In June 2006, he went back to his first team River Plate, where he played for about half of the Apertura 2006,^[6] before he stopped to begin treatment for alcoholism. On January 2007, during River's pre-season in Mar del Plata, and one day after playing an excellent game in which he scored, he surprised everyone with another alcoholic episode, after which River Plate's doctors suggested to the coach that Ortega should go back to Buenos Aires to resume treatment for his problem.

Coach Daniel Passarella later brought Ortega back, stating he was ready for a comeback. On March 15, 2007, in a Copa Libertadores 2007 match against LDU Quito, Ortega formed part of River's bench but was not given a chance to play. However, three days later, in a league match versus Quilmes, he came on during the second half to help break the opposing team's defense in a tight 0-0 up to that point. Ortega scored a controversial goal with his hand, in the 93rd minute, to give River the victory and himself a great comeback.

Upon the arrival of Diego Simeone as head coach of River, Ortega allegedly lost some "protections" he was rumoured to have and, despite being an important part of the team that achieved the Clausura 2008 title, Simeone left him out of the squad for the upcoming season, reasoning his decision on Ortega having several times not come to train as well as some episodes of alcoholism.^[7][8][9] After some controversy ^[10] and rumours ^[11][12] in the winter window of Argentine market, he was loaned to Nacional B side Independiente Rivadavia,^[13] signing a one year contract where a twice a week trip to a Chilean Special Treatment Center for alcoholics ^[14] is one of the clauses. On 1 May 2009 the player has been let go by Independiente officials. The club decided to terminate his contract in advance. Ortega was on loan from River Plate. On his first game back in River Plate, 25 July 2009, he scored an outstanding chip shot goal to give River a 1-0 victory over Everton F.C. of England in Edmonton, Canada during the preseason. In the 2009 Apertura, Ortega scored a wonder lobbed goal against Chacarita Juniors to give River Plate a 4-3 victory. Later in the tournament, he scored a last minute equalizer against Estudiantes.

In the 2010 Clausura, Ortega started River's first two matches, but suffered another alcoholic relapse and missed the next ten games before returning against Newell's Old Boys in the 13th round of matches.

In 2011, he was loaned to Defensores de Belgrano.

On 8 April 2012, Fox Sports Argentina journlist Juan José Buscalia, confirmed that Ortega would join Chilean Primera División club Unión San Felipe in June 2012.

International[link]

Ortega was included in the squad for the 1994 World Cup. His debut in the starting eleven occurred on 3 July 1994 when Argentina was knocked-out of the competition by Romania.

Ortega was handed the coveted #10 shirt for the 1998 FIFA World Cup where he was expected to carry the mantle of the team's playmaker. Despite impressing in the early rounds Ortega's first World Cup as an established star was most notable for his sending off in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands. Ortega received a straight red card for headbutting Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar when van der Sar confronted him after a dive in the penalty area, for which Ortega was just getting his first yellow card. Shortly after Ortega's sending off, Dennis Bergkamp scored the winning goal to make it 2-1, eliminating Argentina.

Ortega was also a member of the squad for the 2002 World Cup. Ortega missed a penalty in the last match against Sweden, where Argentina were surprisingly knocked-out in the first round.

On September 24, 2009 he was surprisingly recalled to the Argentina national first team squad,^[15] but a couple of days later, it was announced that Ariel Ortega will miss the friendly match against Ghana due to a injury he picked up during the weekend in the Argentine Domestic League.^[16]

In April 2010, 17 years after his Argentina debut, Ortega received a call-up again, this time against Haiti.^[17] All the players in Diego Maradona's squad were from the Primera División Argentina. He played the match as starting XI on 5 May.^[18]

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

National team statistics[link]

^[23]

International[link]

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
1993–94
1.	15 December 1993	Miami, United States	Germany	2–1	0	Friendly
2.	23 March 1994	Recife, Brazil	Brazil	0–2	0[24]
3.	20 April 1994	Salta, Argentina	Morocco	3–1	0 [25]
4.	31 May 1994	Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	3–0	0[26]
5.	4 June 1994	Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia	0–0	0[26]
6.	21 June 1994	Boston, United States	Greece	4–0	0	1994 FIFA World Cup
7.	30 June 1994	Dallas, United States	Bulgaria	0–2	0
8.	3 July 1994	Los Angeles, United States	Romania	2–3	0
1994–95
9.	16 November 1994	Santiago, Chile	Chile	3–0	0[27]	Friendly
10.	21 December 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Romanian League	1–0	0[28]
11.	27 December 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yugoslavia	1–0	0[29]
12.	8 January 1995	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Japan	5–1	1	1995 King Fahd Cup
13.	10 January 1995		Nigeria	0–0	0
14.	13 January 1995		Denmark	0–2	0
15.	14 February 1995	Mendoza, Argentina	Bulgaria	4–1	0[30]	Friendly
16.	13 May 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–1	0[31]
17.	31 May 1995	La Plata, Argentina	Peru	1–0	0
18.	22 June 1995	Mendoza, Argentina	Slovakia	6–0	0[31]
19.	30 June 1995	Quilmes, Argentina	Australia	2–0	0[31]
20.	8 July 1995	Paysandú, Uruguay	Bolivia	2–1	0	1995 Copa América
21.	11 July 1995		Chile	4–0	0
22.	14 July 1995		United States	0–3	0
23.	17 July 1995	Rivera, Uruguay	Brazil	2-2 (2–4 PSO)	0
1995–96
24.	20 September 1995	Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–2	1[32]	Friendly
25.	11 October 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	0–0	0[33]
26.	8 November 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	0–1	0[34]
27.	21 December 1995	Mendoza, Argentina	Venezuela	6–0	0[33]
28.	24 April 1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	3–1	2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	2 June 1996	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	0–2	0
30.	7 July 1996	Lima, Peru	Peru	0–0	0
	20 July 1996	Birmingham, Alabama, United States	United States	3–1	0	1996 Olympics (Argentina U23)
	22 July 1996	Washington, D.C., United States	Portugal	1–1	1
	24 July 1996	Birmingham, Alabama, United States	Tunisia	1–1	1
	27 July 1996		Spain	4–0	0
	30 July 1996	Athens, Georgia, United States	Portugal	2–0	0
	3 August 1996		Nigeria	2–3	0
1996–97
31.	1 September 1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Paraguay	1–1	0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
32.	9 October 1996	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	5–2	1
33.	15 December 1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	1–1	0
34.	28 December 1996	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Yugoslavia	2–3	0	Friendly[35]
35.	12 January 1997	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	0–0	0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
36.	12 February 1997	Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	0
37.	2 April 1997	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	2–1	0
38.	30 April 1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	2–1	1
39.	8 June 1997		Peru	2–0	0
40.	20 July 1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	2–0	0
1997–98
41.	10 September 1997	Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–1	0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
42.	12 October 1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	0–0	0
43.	16 November 1997		Colombia	1–1	0
44.	19 February 1998	Mendoza, Argentina	Romanian League	2–1	0[36]	Friendly
45.	24 February 1998	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Yugoslavia	3–1	0[37]
46.	15 April 1998	Jerusalem, Israel	Israel	1–2	0[36]
47.	22 April 1998	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–1	1[36]
48.	29 April 1998	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	1–0	0[38]
49.	14 May 1998	La Plata, Argentina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5–0	1 [39]
50.	19 May 1998	Mendoza, Argentina	Chile	1–0	0
51.	25 May 1998	Buenos Aires, Argentina	South Africa	2–0	1[40]
52.	14 June 1998	Toulouse, France	Japan	1–0	0	1998 FIFA World Cup
53.	21 June 1998	Paris, France	Jamaica	5–0	2
54.	26 June 1998	Bordeaux, France	Croatia	1–0	0
55.	30 June 1998	Saint-Étienne, France	England	2–2 (AET) 4–3 (PSO)	0
56.	4 July 1998	Marseilles, France	Netherlands	1–2	0
1998–99
57.	31 March 1999	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	0	Friendly[41]
58.	26 June 1999	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Lithuania	0–0	0
59.	11 July 1999	Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Brazil	1–2	0	1999 Copa América
1999–2000
60.	4 September 1999	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–0	0[42]	Friendly
61.	7 September 1999	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Brazil	2–4	1[43]
62.	13 October 1999	La Plata, Argentina	Colombia	2–1	1[44]
63.	17 November 1999	Seville, Spain	Spain	2–0	0
64.	23 February 2000	London, England, United Kingdom	England	0–0	0[45]
65.	29 March 2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	4–1	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
66.	26 April 2000	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	4–0	2
67.	4 June 2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	1–0	0
68.	29 June 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	3–1	0
69.	19 July 2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	2–0	0
70.	26 July 2000	São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	1–3	0
2000–01
71.	16 August 2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Paraguay	1–1	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
72.	3 September 2000	Lima, Peru	Peru	2–1	0
73.	15 November 2000	Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–0	1
74.	20 December 2000	Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	2–0	0	Friendly
75.	28 March 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	5–0	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
76.	25 April 2001	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	3–3	0
2001–02
77.	15 August 2001	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	2–0	0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
78.	5 September 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–1	0
79.	7 October 2001	Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	2–2	0
80.	8 November 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	2–0	0
81.	14 November 2001	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–1	0
82.	2 June 2002	Ibaraki, Japan	Nigeria	1–0	0	2002 FIFA World Cup
83.	7 June 2002	Sapporo, Japan	England	0–1	0
84.	12 June 2002	Rifu, Miyagi, Japan	Sweden	1–1	0
2002–03
85.	20 November 2002	Saitama, Japan	Japan	2–0	0[46]	Friendly
86.	12 February 2003	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Netherlands	0–1	0
2009–10
87.	5 May 2010	Cutral Có, Argentina	Haiti	4–0	0	Friendly

Achievements[link]

Club[link]

River Plate

• Primera División: 5

1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura

• Copa Libertadores: 1

1996

Parma

• Supercoppa Italiana: 1

1999

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División: 1

2004 Apertura

National team[link]

Argentina U-23

• Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1

1995

• Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1

1996

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ariel Ortega – FIFA competition record
• Ariel Ortega at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) River Plate player profile

Argentina squads v t e Argentina squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Chamot 4 Sensini 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri 7 Caniggia 8 Basualdo 9 Batistuta 10 Maradona (c) 11 Medina Bello 12 Islas 13 Cáceres 14 Simeone 15 Borelli 16 Díaz 17 Ortega 18 Pérez 19 Balbo 20 Rodríguez 21 Mancuso 22 Scoponi Coach: Basile v t e Argentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Runners-up 1 Bossio 2 Ayala (c) 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Fabbri 7 Ortega 8 Escudero 9 Batistuta 10 Espina 11 Rambert 12 Burgos 13 Rotchen 14 Arruabarrena 15 Vivas 16 Jiménez 17 Gallardo 18 López 19 Crespo 20 Bassedas Coach: Passarella v t e Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Cristante 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Cáceres 7 Balbo 8 Simeone (c) 9 Batistuta 10 Gallardo 11 Berti 12 Bossio 13 Altamirano 14 Schürrer 15 Fabbri 16 Astrada 17 Escudero 18 Espina 19 Ortega 20 Acosta 21 Borrelli 22 Burgos Coach: Passarella v t e Argentina squad – 1996 Summer Olympics Silver Medalists 1 Cavallero 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Almeyda 6 Sensini 7 C. López 8 Simeone (c) 9 Crespo 10 Ortega 11 Delgado 12 Morales 13 Bossio 14 Paz 15 Bassedas 16 Pineda 17 G. López 18 Gallardo Coach: Passarella v t e Argentina squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Roa 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Pineda 5 Almeyda 6 Sensini 7 C. López 8 Simeone (c) 9 Batistuta 10 Ortega 11 Verón 12 Burgos 13 Paz 14 Vivas 15 Astrada 16 Berti 17 Cavallero 18 Balbo 19 Crespo 20 Gallardo 21 Delgado 22 Zanetti Coach: Passarella v t e Argentina squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Burgos 2 Ayala 3 Sorín 4 Ibarra 5 Simeone (c) 6 Samuel 7 Barros Schelotto 8 Zanetti 9 Palermo 10 Ortega 11 López 12 Bizzarri 13 Vivas 14 Pochettino 15 Berizzo 16 Guglielminpietro 17 Husaín 18 Cagna 19 Calderón 20 Aimar 21 González 22 Riquelme Coach: Bielsa v t e Argentina squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Burgos 2 Ayala 3 Sorín 4 Pochettino 5 Almeyda 6 Samuel 7 C. López 8 Zanetti 9 Batistuta 10 Ortega 11 Verón (c) 12 Cavallero 13 Placente 14 Simeone 15 Husaín 16 Aimar 17 G. López 18 K. González 19 Crespo 20 Gallardo 21 Caniggia 22 Chamot 23 Bonano Coach: Bielsa