Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samara Ortiz Cruz | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 July 1997||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain [2] | ||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
2013–2016 | CD Canillas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2016–2020 | CD Tacón | 14 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Real Madrid | 5 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Brøndby | 12 | (0) |
2022– | Deportivo La Coruña | 31 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014– | Azerbaijan U19 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 27 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:23, 10 April 2023 (UTC) |
Samara Ortiz Cruz (born 16 July 1997) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Deportivo La Coruña.
Ortiz was born in Spain to a Cuban mother and a Spanish father. [3] Her twin sister, Malena, is also a footballer. [4] Outside of football, she studied for a degree in Environmental Science at the University of Alcalá. [3]
Ortiz started her career in Rayo Vallecano's academy along with her twin sister. [5] [6] The sisters both ended up playing for CD Canillas and then its successor CD Tacón, a club that would itself progress to become Real Madrid. [3] [5] In the summer of 2021, Samara Ortiz would join Danish club Brøndby meaning that the sisters were separated for the first time. [7] After one season in Denmark, Ortiz opted to move back to Spain and joined Deportivo La Coruña for the 2022–23 season. [8]
Ortiz became a citizen of Azerbaijan in 2014 and, on 13 September, she made her debut for their under-19 team in a match against Ukraine. [3] [9]