Mateo Ortíz

Mateo Ortíz
Personal information
Full name Luis Mateo Ortíz Lara
Date of birth (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 [1]
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Manta
Youth career
–2014 Asociación de Fútbol del Guayas
2016–2018 Rocafuerte
2016–2017 → C.S. Emelec (loan)
2018–2019 Independiente del Valle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Independiente Juniors 45 (4)
2020–2024 Independiente del Valle 20 (1)
2023 → Honka (loan) 27 (2)
2024 → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 4 (0)
2025– Manta 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 April 2025

Luis Mateo Ortíz Lara (born 31 January 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manta in Ecuadorian Serie A.

Club career

Ortíz started his senior career in his native Ecuador in the Independiente del Valle organisation and with the club's reserve team Independiente Juniors, playing in Ecuadorian Serie B in 2019. He debuted with the first team in Ecuadorian Serie A next year in 2020.

Ortíz joined Finnish club Honka on loan on March 9, 2023.[2][3] Ortiz scored his first goal in the Veikkausliiga on June 28, 2023, against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).[4]

Ortíz joined Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldovan Super Liga on loan on January 22, 2024.[5][6] On 24 July 2024, Sheriff announced that Ortiz's loan had been ended.[7]

In January 2025, Ortíz joined Manta in Ecuadorian Serie A.

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente Juniors 2019 Ecuadorian Serie B 22320–243
2020 Ecuadorian Serie B 131––131
2021 Ecuadorian Serie B 100––100
Total 45420––474
Independiente del Valle 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A 1000–10
2021 Ecuadorian Serie A 60000060
2022 Ecuadorian Serie A 131505[b]0231
Total 2015050301
Honka (loan) 2023 Veikkausliiga 272402[c]0332
Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 2023–24 Moldovan Super Liga 4020–60
Manta 2025 Ecuadorian Serie A 4000–40
Career total 1007130701207

Honours

Independiente del Valle

Honka

References

  1. ↑ Mateo Ortíz at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "MTV Urheilun tiedot: Veikkausliigan kärkiseura kävi kaupoilla - haaviin tarttui lupaava vahvistus Etelä-Amerikasta" (in Finnish). MTV Oy. 9 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mateo Ortiz, el ecuatoriano que jugará en Finlandia" (in Spanish). benditofutbol.com. 10 March 2023.
  4. ↑ ""Toivottavasti pääsen tekemään monta lisää" - Mateo Ortíz avasi maalitilinsä Hongassa tärkeään saumaan" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 28 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Welcome, Mateo Ortiz". fc-sheriff.com Sheriff Tiraspol. 22 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Mateo Ortíz: Ecuatoriano jugará en la Liga de Moldavia, cedido al Sheriff Tiraspol" (in Spanish). expreso.ec. 22 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ортис покинул клуб". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.