César Ortiz Puentenueva (born 30 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

Born in

Toledo Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Orur ...

, Castilla–La Mancha, Ortiz played youth football with

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

. He only represented the B team as a senior, going on to spend five full seasons in the

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. Additionally, he split 2009–10 on loan, to Albacete Balompié and

Aris Thessaloniki FC Aris FC ( el, ΠΑΕ Άρης), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki FC, AFC or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Created in 1914 as ''Aris Thessaloniki Football Club'', the ...

, his first match as a professional occurring on 29 August 2009 as he featured the full 90 minutes for the former club in a 3–0

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away loss against Rayo Vallecano. Ortiz cut ties with Atlético in the summer of 2013, signing with Liga I side FC Vaslui. After

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in Romania, he joined SC Rheindorf Altach of the

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on a one-year contract. Ortiz scored his first professional goal in Austria on 2 August 2015, but in a 3–1 defeat at FK Austria Wien. In January 2017, he moved to SV Mattersburg in the same league. On 5 July 2019, Ortiz returned to Spain, going on to spend several seasons in the lower leagues with his hometown club CD Toledo before leaving in January 2022 due to injury problems.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz, Cesar 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Toledo, Spain Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Toledo Men's association football central defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Atlético Madrid B players Albacete Balompié players CD Toledo players Super League Greece players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Liga I players CS Sporting Vaslui players Austrian Football Bundesliga players SC Rheindorf Altach players SV Mattersburg players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria