José Guillermo Ortiz

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José Guillermo Ortiz

Personal information
Full name	José Guillermo Ortiz Picado[1]
Date of birth	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth	La Uruca, Costa Rica
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2008–2012	Alajuelense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Alajuelense	140	(33)
2017–	Herediano	70	(26)
2017–2018	→ D.C. United (loan)	16	(1)
2019–2020	→ Millonarios (loan)	19	(8)
2020–2021	→ Hồ Chí Minh City (loan)	6	(1)
2021	→ Deportes Tolima (loan)	16	(0)
National team‡
2017–	Costa Rica	13	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

José Guillermo Ortiz Picado (born 20 June 1992) is a Costa Rican international footballer who last played for Ho Chi Minh City FC.

Career[]

Alajuelense[]

Ortiz spent four seasons in Alajuelense. He scored 15 goals for Alajuelense in 2016.^[2]

Herediano[]

On January 1, 2017, Ortiz joined Herediano.

D.C. United[]

On 18 December 2016, Ortiz was loaned to D.C. United in MLS with an option to buy.^[3]

He scored his first MLS goal on April 1, 2017, scoring in the 18th minute against the Philadelphia Union.^[4]

On 30 May 2017, Ortiz was suspended for one game by Major League Soccer for simulation that led to a decisive penalty in a game against the Vancouver Whitecaps.^[5]

He was released by D.C. United on 12 July 2017.^[6]

Millonarios[]

Ortiz joined Colombian side Millonarios on August 6, 2019, on loan from his club Herediano. On August 11, he debuted for the club in the game against Atlético Huila. He scored his first goals on August 14 against Independiente Medellín in 2019 Copa Colombia.

He scored his first goal in 2020 against La Equidad in a 2–2 draw, previously he scored his first hat-tricks in Colombia also against the same opponent.^[7]

Ho Chi Minh City[]

In July 2020, he made a surprise decision by confirmed joining the Vietnamese side Ho Chi Minh City FC, becoming the first full Costa Rican international players, alongside teammate Ariel Francisco Rodríguez, to play in Vietnam.^[8]

International[]

Ortiz was named to the 23-man squad for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, making it his first call-up to the senior national team. In Ortiz's debut, he scored twice, in a 3–0 victory over Belize.^[9]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize	1–0	3–0	2017 Copa Centroamericana
2.				2–0
3.	10 October 2019	Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas	Haiti	1–0	1–1	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A

Statistics[]

As of 5 January 2017

References[]