Javier Ortega Desio

Javier Ortega Desio
Personal information
Full name Javier Ortega Desio
Born (1990-06-14) 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)
2013–15 Pampas XV 19 (10)
2014– Paraná ()
Representative team(s)
2009 Argentina Under-19 ()
2010 Argentina Under-20 8 (0)
2011-12 Pumas 7s 13 ()
2012-14 Argentina Jaguars 8 (0)
2012– Argentina 19 (25)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 30 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 October 2015.

Javier Ortega Desio (born 14 June 1990) is an Argentine rugby union rugbier 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 Jaguares 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. 1 2 3 4 "Javier Ortega Desio Argentina Rugby Player Profile". UAR. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. "Javier Ortega Desio ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. "Javier Ortega Desio itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. "Javier Ortega Desio IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. "Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship". Sanzar Rugby. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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