Urbano Ortega

Urbano

Personal information
Full name	Urbano Ortega Cuadros
Date of birth	22 December 1961
Place of birth	Beas de Segura, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Jaén
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979–1982	Español	54	(5)
1982–1991	Barcelona	123	(7)
1991–1993	Español	59	(3)
1993–1994	Lleida	36	(1)
1994–1996	Mérida	59	(3)
1996–1997	Málaga	25	(0)
Total		356	(19)
National team
1979–1980	Spain U18	11	(3)
1980–1983	Spain U21	13	(2)
1982–1988	Spain U23	6	(0)
1980	Spain amateur	3	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2004	Xerez (assistant)
2004–2005	Córdoba (assistant)
2005–2006	Dinamo Bucureşti (assistant)
2007	Lleida (assistant)
2007–2008	Baza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Urbano Ortega Cuadros (born 22 December 1961), known simply as Urbano, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Over the course of 16 La Liga seasons (17 during his career) he amassed totals of 301 games and 16 goals, mainly for Espanyol and Barcelona.

Club career

Urbano was born in Beas de Segura, Province of Jaén. After starting out with RCD Español he moved in 1982 to Catalonia neighbours FC Barcelona; with the latter he only started in two of his nine seasons, being sparingly used as a backup (just 41 La Liga matches combined in the remaining years).

Subsequently, Urbano returned to (now called) Espanyol for two more seasons, with top flight relegation in the latter. He closed out his professional career in 1996, after playing with modest UE Lleida (one year) and CP Mérida (two), with two additional campaigns in the main division, one with each team.

Urbano began coaching in 2003, assisting former Barça teammate Esteban Vigo at numerous clubs, including Romanian club FC Dinamo Bucureşti. His first head coach experience arrived in 2007–08 in Segunda División B, with CD Baza: he resigned in June 2008, as the team dropped down a level.

After working as a scout for Barcelona and Villarreal CF, Urbano returned to another former side, Espanyol, in July 2009, as a club delegate.

International career

Urbano never gained a senior cap for Spain, but was a regular for its under-21 team, also competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
• La Liga: 1984–85, 1990–91
• Copa del Rey: 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90
• Supercopa de España: 1983
• Copa de la Liga: 1982–83, 1985–86

External links

• Urbano profile at BDFutbol
• Espanyol archives (Spanish)
• Urbano – FIFA competition record