weekend in the Argentine Domestic League. In April 2010, 17 years after his Argentina debut, Ortega received a call-up again, this time against Haiti. All the players in Diego Maradona's squad were from the Primera División Argentina. He played the match as starting XI on 5 May. Style of play A highly creative player with excellent technical ability, Ortega was well known for his pace, mobility, dribbling, and skills from dead ball situations, as well as his ball trickery, clever body feints, and lobbed shots. At his prime he was one of the best dribblers in the world; primarily deployed as an attacking midfielder, Ortega was an effective playmaker due to his vision and passing ability, which earned him comparisons with Maradona as a youth. Along with his skills, Ortega was infamously temperamental, and he was criticised throughout his career for not living up to his potential. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal. Honours River Plate Primera División: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura Copa Libertadores: 1996 Parma Supercoppa Italiana: 1999 Newell's Old Boys Primera División: 2004 Apertura Argentina U-23 Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1995 Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1996 Individual South American Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002 FIFA XI: 2001 References External links River Plate – Sitio Oficial 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Jujuy Province Argentine footballers Olympic footballers of Argentina Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers All Boys footballers Serie A players U.C. Sampdoria players Parma Calcio 1913 players La Liga players Valencia CF players Süper Lig players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Association football forwards 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 1995 King Fahd Cup players 1995 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players Argentina international footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Turkey Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Copa Libertadores-winning players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995