José Luis Ortiz

José Luis Ortiz

Personal information
Full name	José Luis Ortiz Melgar
Date of birth	(1985-11-17) 17 November 1985
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
	Tahuichi Academy
2001–2004	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	FC Bayern Munich II	28	(5)
2006–2007	Saarbrücken	2	(0)
2007–2008	Nafta Lendava	22	(1)
2008–2009	La Paz	10	(1)
2009	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
2010	Real Potosí
International career‡
2003	Bolivia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2011

José Luis Ortiz Melgar (born 17 November 1985) is a Bolivian professional football midfielder who most recently played for Real Potosí.

Club career

After playing in the youth teams of Bayern Munich that discovered him in Tahuichi Academy in Bolivia, he played as senior with Saarbrücken, Slovenian Nafta Lendava, Bolivia Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero y Real Potosí in the Bolivian Primera División.

International career

José Luis Ortiz was part of the Bolivian team at the 2003 South American Youth Championship.

Honours

FC Bayern Munich II

• IFA Shield: 2005

External sources

• Personal website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-11-01)
• José Luis Ortiz at WorldFootball.net
• José Luis Ortiz at fussballdaten.de (in German)