Samara Ortiz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samara Ortiz Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | 70 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Azerbaijan U19 | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:18, 26 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals 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.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Ortiz started her career in Rayo Vallecano's academy along with her twin sister.[5] 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.[6] After one season in Denmark, Ortiz opted to move back to Spain and joined Deportivo La Coruña for the 2022–23 season.[7]
International career
[edit | edit source]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][8]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile at Real Madrid
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Spanish women's footballers
- Real Madrid Femenino players
- Azerbaijani women's footballers
- 21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen
- Spanish people of Cuban descent
- Sportspeople of Cuban descent
- Footballers from Madrid
- Liga F players
- Primera Federación (women) players
- Brøndby IF (women) players
- Deportivo de La Coruña (women) players
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen