A Costa Rican professional football player, Jose Guillermo Ortiz currently plays Herediano in the forward position. He has also played for D.C. United on loan from Herediano and for Alajulense, from where he made a professional debut.
Since 2017, he is in the Costa Rica national team.
A native of La Uruca, Costa Rica, Jose Guillermo Ortiz was born on 20th June 1992. His birth sign is Gemini. Talking about his nationality, he is Costa Rican and is of African ethnicity.
His mother was a cook at a school and his father worked as an electrician in San Jose.
Ortiz grew up in the popular town of Upala. At the age of 11, he was chosen for a boarding school affiliated with Alajuelense and started his football career with the youth team of Alajuelense.
The key source of Jose’s earning his club contract and salary from the national team, as he has not revealed any information related to the endorsement deals with any brands.
Presently, Jose Guillermo Ortiz is signed to Herediano where he gets paid $3679 as his weekly wage which is $191,308 annually. As of 2018, he has an estimated net worth around $760,000. His current market value is $491032.
During his loan spell with D.C. United he used to get paid $129,996 plus $137,621 compensation annually.
An academic product of Alajuelense, Jose received his first called up to the senior squad for the 2012-13 seasons. In his four seasons at Alajuelense, Jose played 140 matches for 33 goals.
On 1st January 2017, Jose signed with Herediano. The next day he was transferred on loan to D.C. United. He played overall 16 matches and scored a goal during his loan spell with United.
On 12th July 2017, he returned to his parent club, Herediano.
He still plays for Herediano and has appeared 12 times and scored 5 goals for his native club.
In 2017, Jose received the first call-up to the Costa Rica national team for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana. He scored two goals in his international debut match against Belize which resulted in a 3-0 win with his team side.
Thus far, he has earned 4 caps and scored 2 goals for his national side.
Currently 25, Jose is possibly single and unmarried as he has undisclosed all his information related to his private life. He has neither talked about his love life in public nor has been spotted with the lady who could be his possible girlfriend or spouse.
It seems that he prefers to maintain distance to his personal life from professional life.
