Javier Ortega Desio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Ortega Desio | ||
| Born | 14 June 1990 Paraná, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Loose Forward | ||
| Current club | Paraná | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2009–13 | S.I.C. | 44 | (50) |
| 2013– | Pampas XV | 12 | (5) |
| 2014– | Paraná | () | |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2009 | Argentina Under-19 | () | |
| 2010 | Argentina Under-20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2011-12 | Pumas 7s | 13 | () |
| 2012-14 | Argentina Jaguars | 5 | (0) |
| 2014– | Argentina | 12 | (25) |
| * Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 October 2014. † Appearances (Points). | |||
Javier Ortega Desio (born 14 June 1990) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward for Paraná and the Argentina national rugby union team.[1][2][3]
Career
Ortega Desio started out his professional career playing for the San Isidro Club in the Torneo de la URBA. He spent 4 years there and racked up almost 50 appearances before switching to join Estudiantes de Paraná in his home town in 2014.[1]
Ortega Desio is signed to play for Argentina (Super Rugby) until 2017.
International career
Ortega Desio was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship[4] and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV. He was a member of the Pampas XV squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup in South Africa and he also went on their tour of Australia in 2014.[1]
He made his senior debut for Los Pumas against Uruguay on 20 May 2012, scoring a try in the process. However, it wasn't until 2014 before he tasted action against non-South American opposition where he played in all 3 of his country's matches during the 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals series.[1]
In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Javier Ortega Desio Argentina Rugby Player Profile". UAR. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Javier Ortega Desio ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Javier Ortega Desio itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Javier Ortega Desio IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship". Sanzar Rugby. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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