Sara Ortega

Sara Ortega
Personal information
Full name Sara Ortega Ruiz
Date of birth (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 21)
Place of birth Logroño, Spain
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Club
Number 34
Youth career
2017–2019 Comillas
2019–2020 Athletic Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Athletic Club C 14 (3)
2020–2023 Athletic Club B 48 (9)
2021– Athletic Club 102 (8)
International career‡
2021–2022 Spain U17 17 (0)
2023– Spain U19 7 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2023 Belgium
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Winner2022 India
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:10, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2023

Sara Ortega Ruiz (born 20 February 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Athletic Club.

Club career

Ortega started her career at Comillas' academy. Ortega made her senior debut in the Copa de la Reina against Racing in January 2022 at only 16 years old, scoring a goal after coming on as a substitute. She became the first woman to debut for Athletic Club at 16 years of age since Leyre Monente in 2016. In February, she then debuted in the Primera División against Eibar.

International career

In January 2020, Ortega received a call up to join the Spain under-16 team for training. Ortega made her debut for the Spain under-17 squad in September 2021 against Iceland. She was a member of the squads which finished runners-up at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, then won the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

She subsequently moved up to the under 19s, and won the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. Her progression at club and international levels closely mirrored her teammate and friend Jone Amezaga.

Honours

Spain U17

Spain U19

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Sara Ortega at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ortega". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Profile of Sara Ortega". laliga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ortega". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Grande, Juan Carlos (28 January 2022). "Sara Ortega debuta en el Athletic femenino con 16 años". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Nieto García, Carlos (2 February 2022). "El Athletic se gusta en el derbi". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Marín A., Diego (13 October 2021). "Logroño, el Athletic y La Roja". La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "La futbolista riojana Sara Ortega Ruiz, debuta con la sub'17" (in Spanish). Actualidad Rioja Baja. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. ↑ Daniel García Arnáiz (30 July 2023). "La futbolista riojana Sara Ortega se proclama campeona de Europa sub-19" [The Riojan footballer Sara Ortega is proclaimed under-19 champion of Europe]. NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Endika Río (30 July 2023). "Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga volverán a Bilbao como campeonas" [Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga return to Bilbao as champions]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Ortega & Amezaga, two friends achieving their dreams together, Athletic Club website, 1 December 2022
  12. ↑ "U-17 queens Spain make it two in a row". FIFA.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "2023 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.