Javier Ortega Desio (born 14 June 1990) is an

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player who plays as a loose forward for the Argentine

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side , and the

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Career

Ortega Desio started out his professional career playing for the

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in the

Torneo de la URBA The URBA Top 13 (formerly "Torneo de la URBA", named "Top 13" since the 2022 season)Estudiantes de Paraná Club Atlético Estudiantes is an amateur Argentine sports club from Paraná, Entre Ríos. The club hosts a wide range of sports disciplines such as athletics, basketball, basque pelota, field hockey, golf, polo, rugby union, softball, scuba divi ...

in his home town in 2014. Ortega Desio is signed to play for Jaguares until 2017.

International career

Ortega Desio was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the

2010 IRB Junior World Championship The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's ...

and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV. He was a member of the Pampas XV squad for the

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and he also went on their tour of Australia in 2014. He made his senior debut for Los Pumas against on 20 May 2012, scoring a try in the process. However, it wasn't until 2014 before he tasted action against non-South American opposition where he played in all 3 of his country's matches during the

2014 mid-year rugby union internationals The 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) were international rugby union matches mostly played in the Southern Hemisphere during the June international window. These matches w ...

series. In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the

2014 Rugby Championship The 2014 Rugby Championship was the third edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship consisting of Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The tournament was won by New Zealand, with South Africa second, Aus ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega Desio, Javier 1990 births Living people Rugby union flankers Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Pampas XV players Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Rugby sevens players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Paraná, Entre Ríos 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players