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Cristóbal Ortega

1956 - 2025

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Cristóbal Ortega Martínez (25 July 1956 – 2 January 2025) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder for América in the Mexican Primera División from 1974 to 1992. He also played for the Mexico national team, including playing in the World Cups of 1978 and 1986. He earned 24 caps and scored four goals in his international career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cristóbal Ortega is the 2,330th most popular soccer player (up from 6,720th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 467th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Mexican Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cristóbal Ortega ranks 2,330 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlo Parola, Jacek Gmoch, Costa Pereira, Angelo Di Livio, Bruce Grobbelaar, and Tomoko Ohara. After him are Ricardo Giusti, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Javier Pastore, Steve McMahon, Sonny Anderson, and Grafite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Cristóbal Ortega ranks 261. Before him are Mima Jaušovec, Avi Wigderson, Vladimir Kulich, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Steve Barron, and Vera Glagoleva. After him are Ricardo Giusti, Kevin Dunn, Lei Clijsters, Brett Cullen, Scott Columbus, and Laurie Cunningham. Among people deceased in 2025, Cristóbal Ortega ranks 251. Before him are Émilie Dequenne, Bernardo Ruiz, Thelma Hopkins, Marc Garneau, Bill Atkinson, and Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak. After him are Jorge Costa, Djamel Menad, Christopher Loeak, Johnny Tillotson, Gailard Sartain, and Kim Sae-ron.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Cristóbal Ortega ranks 217 out of 729. Before him are Miguel Barragán (1789), Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881), Canelo Álvarez (1990), Rafael Osuna (1938), Juan O'Gorman (1905), and Tenoch (1299). After him are Arturo Márquez (1950), Melchor Múzquiz (1790), Pedro Vélez (1787), Maite Perroni (1983), Juan Carreño (1909), and Kate del Castillo (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mexico

Among soccer players born in Mexico, Cristóbal Ortega ranks 10. Before him are Rafael Márquez (1979), Javier Hernández (1988), Guillermo Ochoa (1985), Tomás Balcázar (1931), José Ruiz (1904), and Alfredo del Águila (1935). After him are Juan Carreño (1909), Alfredo Hernández (1935), Jesús Castro (1908), Francisco Jara (1941), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1973), and Luis Hernández (1968).

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