Alfredo Ortuño
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Ortuño Martínez[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991[2]
Place of birth Yecla, Spain[2]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cartagena
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2009 Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Albacete 25 (0)
2009–2010 Albacete B 20 (6)
2011–2012 Getafe B 31 (4)
2012–2013 Levante B 31 (5)
2013–2014 La Hoya Lorca 18 (8)
2014–2015 Granada 5 (0)
2014 → Girona (loan) 20 (9)
2015 → Las Palmas (loan) 18 (4)
2015–2017 Las Palmas 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Zaragoza (loan) 20 (7)
2016 → Mallorca (loan) 19 (4)
2016–2017 → Cádiz (loan) 42 (17)
2017 Valladolid 0 (0)
2018 Real Salt Lake 3 (0)
2018–2021 Albacete 52 (8)
2019 → Extremadura (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2020 → Oviedo (loan) 38 (14)
2021– Cartagena 96 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2023

Alfredo Ortuño Martínez (born 21 January 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Cartagena.

Club career

Born in Yecla, Region of Murcia, Ortuño graduated from Albacete Balompié's youth setup. On 20 December 2008, while still a junior, he played his first match as a professional, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 away loss against UD Las Palmas in the Segunda División.[3]

In summer 2010, Ortuño was definitely promoted to the main squad, but appeared rarely as the Castilla-La Mancha side dropped down a level. On 11 July 2011, he moved to Getafe CF B of Segunda División B,[4] and continued to compete at that level the following seasons, representing Levante UD B[5] and La Hoya Lorca CF.[6]

Ortuño joined Granada CF from La Liga on 17 January 2014, being immediately loaned to Girona FC.[7] He scored his first professional goal on the 25th, his team's in a 1–1 home draw against SD Eibar.[8] He finished the campaign as club top scorer alongside Gerard Bordas, as the Catalans narrowly avoided relegation from the second division.[9]

On 28 July 2014, Ortuño signed a new contract with Granada running until 2018.[10] He played his first game in the Spanish top flight on 23 August, featuring 45 minutes in a 2–1 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña.[11]

On 16 January 2015, Ortuño was loaned to Las Palmas until June.[12] After winning promotion to the top flight he was bought outright for €1 million, signing a contract until 2019[13] but being loaned to second-tier Real Zaragoza on 21 July.[14]

After an unassuming six-month spell at RCD Mallorca in 2016, Ortuño joined fellow division two club Cádiz CF on 4 August of that year, on loan.[15] He scored a career-best 17 goals during the season, including braces against Getafe CF, AD Alcorcón and Córdoba CF.[16]

Ortuño cut ties with Las Palmas on 2 September 2017,[17] and agreed to a one-year deal at Real Valladolid the following day.[18] Late in the month, however, he unilaterally terminated his contract with the latter, triggering a clause which meant he would not be able to compete in the Spanish second division that season.[19]

On 3 January 2018, the 27-year-old Ortuño moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed with Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake.[20] He was released on 23 July,[21] and joined his first club Albacete on a three-year deal just hours later.[22]

On 30 January 2019, Ortuño was loaned to Extremadura UD also in the second division until June.[23] On 6 August, he moved to Real Oviedo of the same league again in a temporary deal.[24]

Back to Alba after scoring 14 goals for the Asturians, Ortuño was their top scorer with seven but could not prevent relegation. On 18 July 2021, he signed a one-year contract with FC Cartagena still in division two.[25]

Personal life

Ortuño's younger brother, Juan Tomás, was also a footballer and a forward. He too was brought up at Albacete.[26][27]

References

  1. 1 2 Alfredo Ortuño at AS.com (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Alfredo Ortuño at FBref.com
  3. ↑ Las Palmas pasa por encima del Albacete (Las Palmas steamroll Albacete); Marca, 20 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Mercado: El Getafe ficha a Alfredo Ortuño para el filial (Market: Getafe sign Alfredo Ortuño for the reserves); Goal, 11 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Levante UD B se refuerza con la incorporación de Ortuño (Levante UD B bolster with Ortuño's addition) Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 19 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Alfredo Ortuño refuerza la delantera de La Hoya (Alfredo Ortuño bolsters La Hoya's attack); La Verdad, 31 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ El Granada ficha a Alfredo Ortuño y lo cede al Girona (Granada sign Alfredo Ortuño and loan him to Girona); Marca, 17 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Empate que no saca de abajo a los gerundenses (Draw that does not take gerundenses from the bottom); Marca, 25 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ "Joven, experiencia y 35 goles; Ortuño da el salto de calidad" [Young, experience and 35 goals; Ortuño takes a leap in quality] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. ↑ El Granada amplía dos temporadas más el contrato del delantero Alfredo Ortuño (Granada extend forward Alfredo Ortuño's contract for two further seasons); Mundo Deportivo, 28 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ "El Granada ya muestra el oficio 'made in Caparrós'" [Granada already showing know-how 'made in Caparrós'] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "La UD cierra la cesión de Ortuño, delantero procedente del Granada" [UD complete the loan of Ortuño, forward from Granada] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "El Granada recibirá 1 millón por el pase definitivo de Alfredo Ortuño" [Granada will receive 1 million for the rights of Alfredo Ortuño] (in Spanish). Iusport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Alfredo Ortuño refuerza la delantera zaragocista" [Alfredo Ortuño bolsters the zaragocista attack] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ortuño, cedido al Cádiz CF" [Ortuño, loaned to Cádiz CF] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Sólo Ortuño es capaz de seguir el ritmo de Luis Suárez y Messi" [Only Ortuño can keep up the pace with Luis Suárez and Messi] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "La UD Las Palmas y Alfredo Ortuño acuerdan la rescisión del contrato del jugador" [UD Las Palmas and Alfredo Ortuño agree to termination of the player's contract] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Ortuño, gol para el Pucela" [Ortuño, goal for Pucela] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Ortuño no podrá jugar en Segunda esta campaña" [Ortuño will not be able to play in Segunda this season] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Real Salt Lake signs Spanish forward Alfredo Ortuño". Real Salt Lake. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Real Salt Lake, forward Alfredo Ortuño agree to part ways". Major League Soccer. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "El Albacete refuerza su delantera con Alfredo Ortuño" [Albacete bolster their forward line with Alfredo Ortuño] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  23. ↑ "Alfredo Ortuño, cedido al Extremadura UD" [Alfredo Ortuño, loaned to Extremadura UD] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  24. ↑ "Ortuño signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  25. ↑ "Ortuño, un rematador con mucho trabajo y gol para reforzar el ataque" [Ortuño, a striker with work rate to spare and goals to bolster the attack] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "Los hermanos Ortuño, abonados al gol" [The Ortuño brothers, married to goal] (in Spanish). La Liga. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "El duelo de los Ortuño" [The duel of the Ortuños] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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