Ricardo Ortiz

Ricardo Alberto Ortiz Pérez (born 6 February 1957) is a Uruguayan former football defensive midfielder and manager.

Playing career Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Ortiz was with five-a-side football club Los Piratas and Náutico under Juan Alberto Schiaffino before joining the Defensor youth ranks. He made his senior debut at the age of 14 and later won the 1976 Campeonato Uruguayo Primera División, the first league title for the club.

As a player of Uruguayan giant Peñarol, Ortiz won the Uruguayan Primera División twice in 1981 and 1982, the 1982 Copa Libertadores and the 1982 Intercontinental Cup.

Coaching career As a football manager, Ortiz has developed his career in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, El Salvador and Honduras. In his homeland, he has led clubs such as Peñarol, Atenas de San Carlos, among others. Fernández Vial twice and Santiago Morning. In Peru, he led giant Universitario in 2003.

In 2004, Ortiz led Salvadoran club Municipal Limeño. In Honduras, he led Universidad, Real España, Vida, Victoria and Platense.