Facundo Oreja

Facundo Julián Oreja (born 14 June 1982) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back.[1]

Facundo Oreja
Personal information
Full name Facundo Julián Oreja
Date of birth (1982-06-14) 14 June 1982
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 Aldosivi 151 (2)
2008–2009 Nueva Chicago 33 (1)
2009–2011 San Martín 52 (2)
2011–2012 Ferro Carril Oeste 36 (0)
2012–2019 Gimnasia y Esgrima 196 (3)
2019–2020 Barracas Central 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:54, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Career

Aldosivi were Oreja's first club, who he played for from 2002 to 2008 and scored two goals in one hundred and fifty-one appearances in Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Nacional.[3] In 2008, Oreja signed for Primera B Metropolitana side Nueva Chicago.[3] He went on to feature thirty-three times and score one goal (vs. Brown) as Nueva Chicago finished 2nd in 2008–09.[3] Further moves to San Martín and Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional followed between 2009 and 2012, during which time he made a total of eighty-eight appearances along with two goals.[1] On 5 July 2012, Oreja joined fellow Primera B Nacional side Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1]

He played in thirty-six fixtures in his first season with Gimnasia y Esgrima, 2012–13, which concluded with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[1][4][5] In the Primera División, Oreja featured one hundred and twenty-one times for the club across his first five seasons in Argentina's top-flight.[1] On 23 June 2019, after two hundred and twenty-one appearances for the La Plata club, Oreja agreed to depart by penning a contract with Barracas Central of Primera B Nacional.[6][7] He left the club by the end of his contract in the summer 2020.[8]

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 3601000370
2013–14 Primera División 3500000350
2014 171102[lower-alpha 1]000201
2015 280203[lower-alpha 2]0330
2016 1621000172
2016–17 250402[lower-alpha 1]000310
2017–18 2200000220
2018–19 170405000260
Career total 19631305040302213
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs

References

  1. "Facundo Oreja profile". Soccerway. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. "Facundo Oreja". World Football. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Facundo Oreja profile". BDFA. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. "A Facundo Oreja no lo para nada, ni siquiera una rotura fibrilar". Info Cielo. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. "Oreja: Nos vamos con bronca". Info Cielo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. "Suma experiencia". Barracas Central. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "Oreja es refuerzo de Barracas Central". IAM Noticias. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. Barracas Central, otro plantel con bajas masivas, iamnoticias.com.ar, 7 July 2020
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