Oriol Cortes (born 28 June 1989) is a Spanish

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Career

Cortes began paying

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at Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2009. After finishing two years with the Bears, Cortes moved back to Spain, playing with both

CE Júpiter Club Esportiu Júpiter is a Spanish football team based in Barcelona in the district of Sant Martí, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in the Tercera División – Group 5, holding home games at ''Camp Municip ...

and

UE Castelldefels Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Municipal Els Canyars' ...

. He returned to the United States in 2015, playing with Premier Development League side

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. After trialling with

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, Cortes signed with

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side

Orange County Blues Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games ...

on 19 April 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Oriol 1989 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Cincinnati Dutch Lions players Orange County SC players USL League Two players Men's association football midfielders USL Championship players