Mario Virginio Ortiz Velásquez (born 4 June 1983) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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most recently for

Cafetaleros de Tapachula Club de Fútbol Cafetaleros de Chiapas is a Mexican football club based in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas currently competing in Liga Premier de México, the third tier of Mexican football. Between 2015 and 2020, the team played at Asc ...

in the

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Club career

Ortiz made his professional debut with Cruz Azul in 2000. He was loaned to

Querétaro FC Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its cap ...

for one tournament-deal. After this tournament, he returned to Cruz Azul where he played until 2006 until he was transferred to Puebla F.C. He spent one year in the institution where he was again transferred to another club, Tecos. He had a good performance in this team which caused Mexican manager

Enrique Meza Enrique Meza Enríquez (born 3 March 1948) is a Mexican professional football manager who most recently coached Veracruz. Prior to pursuing a career in coaching, he was a goalkeeper for Cruz Azul during their dynasty of the 1970s, albeit a back ...

to request Cruz Azul to sign him again. He finally returned to Cruz Azul for Apertura 2009. During his spell at

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

he only played with the reserve squad.

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