Álvaro Ormeño

Álvaro Ormeño
	Ormeño in January 2009
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Andrés Ormeño Salazar
Date of birth	4 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Viña del Mar, Chile
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1994–1999	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999	Hosanna
2000	Ñublense
2001	Deportes Ovalle
2002	Santiago Morning
2003–2005	Everton
2005–2006	Colo-Colo
2007–2010	Gimnasia LP
2011–2012	Colo-Colo
2012–2013	Deportes Iquique
2014–2015	Rangers
Total
International career
2007	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Álvaro Andrés Ormeño Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo oɾˈmeɲo]; born 4 April 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer who operated as a right back or wing back.

Club career[edit]

Ormeño began his career at Colo-Colo youth ranks aged fifteen. After failing to be promoted to first adult team, he played for Club Social y Deportivo Cristiano Hosanna in the Chilean Tercera División.^[1] Next, he joined Ñublense in the 2000–01 season and then to Deportes Ovalle. In January 2002, he signed for Primera División club Santiago Morning. Ormeño returned to Colo-Colo after his two-year spell at Everton.

In 2007, he made five appearances for Chile national team at both the Copa América and friendly matches.^[2]

He is the son of Raúl Ormeño, a historical player of Colo-Colo and the Chile national team, and the older brother of the also footballer Martín Ormeño^[es].^[3]

Colo-Colo

^ Retamal, Rodrigo (15 March 2017). "Hosanna y Cristo Salva: El clásico más freak que tuvo el fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "Álvaro Ormeño". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Finessi, Gianluca (25 November 2021). "El hijo de un apellido muy querido en Colo Colo sueña con jugar en el Cacique". El Portal Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.