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Player Details

Name

Jose Guillermo Ortiz

Height

5' 11"

Weight

161 lbs

Date of Birth

6.20.1992 (31)

Birthplace

San José, Costa Rica

Position

Forward

Position Detail

Striker

Preferred Side

Centre

Footedness

Right

Report: DC United release on-loan forward Jose Guillermo Ortiz

One of D.C. United's offseason acquisitions appears to be on his way out. The Washington Post's Steven Goff reported on Wednesday that forward Jose Guillermo Ortiz has been released from his loan deal and will be headed back to parent club Herediano. According to Goff, Ortiz is already done training

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GOAL: Jose Ortiz scores the early opener with a diving header

Goal! Jose Ortiz (D.C. United) scores with a header from the center of the box to the bottom left corner of the goal. D.C. United 1, New England Revolution 0.

Career Summary

Waived by D.C. United on July 17, 2017.

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on loan from Herediano on December 20, 2016.

Ortiz is an experienced forward whose movement creates problems for opposing backlines and has a nose for goal. He will battle for a role up top with D.C. United in 2017. He scored 15 goals for Alajuelense in 2016.

OUTSIDE MLS: In four seasons with LD Alajuelense, he scored 28 goals and recorded five assists while playing as a center forward, winger and withdrawn striker.