Willington Ortiz

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Willington Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Willington José Ortiz
Date of birth	March 26, 1952 (1952-03-26) (age 57)
Place of birth	Tumaco, Colombia
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971-1979 1980-1982 1983-1988	Millonarios Deportivo Cali América de Cali
National team
1973-1985	Colombia	49 (12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Willington Ortiz (born March 26, 1952 in Tumaco) is a retired Colombian football player who played 49 times for the Colombia national team scoring 12 goals^[1]

Ortiz started his illustrious career at striker in 1971 in the youth system of Millonarios, made his first team debut against Internacional de Porto Alegre scoring the game winning goal. He won the DIMAYOR Colombian First Division Championship (now the Copa Mustang) with Millonarios in 1972, and 1978. He played with Millonarios until 1979, participating in the Copa Libertadores 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979 with the club.

Contents 1 Deportivo Cali 2 The "Mechita" Era 3 Colombian National Squad 4 Titles 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Deportivo Cali

In 1980, Willington or "El Viejo Willy" (Spanish for Old Willy) as he became known as, was transferred to Deportivo Cali and played for "Los Azucareros" for three seasons. Nonetheless this two seasons drew him plenty of attention for his notable play against South American Football giants River Plate of Argentina. Play which included a memorable goal against a popular goalkeeper of said era, Ubaldo Fillol.

[edit] The "Mechita" Era

Willington was transferred to América de Cali in late 1982, and won the Colombian Domestic league title (now Copa Mustang) in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986. He formed part of what some believed was an ultra defensive team but in 1983 alone Ortiz and fellow striker Juan Mauel Battaglia comibned for 40 goals. Willington formed part of Amercia de Cali sides that where so explosive America De Cali went on to be known as "La Mechita"(Literally meaning in English "The Fuse" like that of bottle-rocket firework). With America De Cali Ortiz reached the finals of Copa Libertadores and were runners-up respectively in 1985, 1986, and 1987.

[edit] Colombian National Squad

Ortiz played for the Colombia olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played in three editions of Copa América in 1975, 1979 and 1983 reaching the final in 1975. He also played for the Colombian Senior National Team that took part in qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in 1974, 1978, and 1982.

[edit] Titles

Season	Team	Title
1972	Millonarios	Colombian league
1978	Millonarios	Colombian league
1983	América de Cali	Colombian league
1984	América de Cali	Colombian league
1985	América de Cali	Colombian league
1986	América de Cali	Colombian league

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career details at National Football Teams
• (Spanish) Colombian links profile
• (Spanish) Millonarios profile
• (Spanish) América profile