Manuel Jesús Ortiz

Manuel Jesús Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Jesús Ortiz Faúndez
Place of birth	Chile
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1970	Huachipato
1971–1972	Santiago Wanderers
1973–1975	The Strongest
	Litoral
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Jesús Ortiz Faúndez is a Chilean former football player who played as a left winger. Ortiz also played in Bolivia for The Strongest.

Playing career

A left winger, his first club was Huachipato,^[1] with whom he won the 1966 Segunda División de Chile and earned the promotion to the top division.^[2]^[3] He stayed with them in the top division until the 1970 season.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Ortiz switched to Santiago Wanderers in 1971,^[7]^[8] making his debut in a match against Unión San Felipe on 11 April.^[1] He also played for them in 1972.^[9]^[10]^[11]

In 1973 he moved to Bolivia and joined The Strongest, spending three seasons with them until 1975.^[12]^[13]^[14] In that club, he coincided with his compatriot Adolfo Olivares and won the 1974 league title.^[15] In Bolivia, Ortiz also played for Litoral from La Paz.^[16]^[11]

Personal life

As a football player, he was nicknamed Chueco (Bow-legged).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Manuel Jesús ORTIZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ (Acereros.cl) Recuerdos (10 Diciembre 1966) on Facebook (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ @futboldeantescl (7 June 2020). "En 1966, Huachipato logró su primer ascenso a Primera División" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "HUACHIPATO 1:1 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1967". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Club Deportivo HUACHIPATO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Huachipato 1970 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Campeonato Profesional de Fútbol 1971 Primera División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 1971". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ Marambio Torres, Luis (June 2010). Valparaíso y Wanderers: Cosmopolitas y pioneros (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. p. 151. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "SANTIAGO WANDERERS 1:3 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1972". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b @PanzersDel (7 June 2020). "Manuel Jesús Ortiz mediocampista que jugó en Stgo. Wanderers entre 1971 y 1972" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Club THE STRONGEST". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 20 February 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "El Tigre llega a sus 108 años dolido por el 6-0". Club The Strongest (in Spanish). 8 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "EL TIGRE SE PREPARA PARA ENFRENTAR A LA U A CHILE, NUEVE AÑOS DESPUÉS". Club The Strongest (in Spanish). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ (Fútbol en América) Equipos: The Strongest (La Paz-Bolivia) 1974.🇧🇴 on Facebook (in Spanish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) Manuel Jesús Ortíz en The Strongest on Facebook (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.