Álvaro Ortiz Arellano (born 19 February 1978 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

) is a Mexican former

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who played as a defender. He has made three appearances for the

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Career

Ortiz made his debut in the

Primera División de México Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

with

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in the Invierno 1998, against Chivas. Ortiz regularly played with Leon the next season, making 15 appearances and scoring 1 goal. Ortiz moved to Chivas for the Invierno 1999 tournament where he only made 4 appearances. The following season he saw little success appearing a total of 3 times for Chivas. Ortiz moved to

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

for the Invierno 2000, and in three season with Necaxa he made 43 appearances and scored 8 goals, before a transfer to

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

. Ortiz made 15 Primera appearances for America before a return to Necaxa for the Clausura 2003, but it was a brief spell and was followed with a return to play for America, making 52 appearances. Ortiz moved to

San Luis F.C. San Luis Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional Association football, football club from the city of San Luis Potosí (city), San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. The club was founded in 1957, when they were known as Santos (saints). The team's nic ...

for the Apertura 2005 season and made 63 appearances in the Primera before a transfer to

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

for the Apertura 2007. However, after only six games he moved to

Puebla FC Club Puebla is a Mexican professional football club based in Puebla. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1944 as Puebla Fútbol Club, and then changed to its current name in 2016. Nicknamed ''La Franja'' (" ...

where he captained the side, and as at the end of the Apertura 2011, he had played 73 Primera games for Puebla.

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* 1978 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Club León footballers Club Necaxa footballers Club América footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players San Luis F.C. players Club Puebla players Liga MX players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Footballers at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Mexico-footy-defender-1970s-stub