Arturo Ordoñez

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Arturo Ordonez celebrating after a goal vs. Notre Dame.

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Ken Bennett

Position:
D
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Salou, Spain
High School:
Escola Elisabeth

Career Highlights:
2021 United Soccer Coaches South All-Region Second Team
2021 All-ACC Second Team
2021 ACC All-Tournament Team
2021 TopDrawerSoccer Men's Top 100 Postseason (No. 69)
2020 All-ACC Third Team
2020 All-ACC Academic Team
ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Sept. 28, 2020
TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Honorable Mention) - Oct. 5, 2021
CollegeSoccerNews Team of the Week – Oct. 18, 2020, Dec. 7, 2021 (HM)
2019 All-ACC Freshman Team
2019 All-ACC Tournament Team
2019 All-ACC Academic Team

Career Highs
Goals - 1, 6x; last vs. UMass Oct. 25, 2021
Assists – 1, 3x; last at Virginia Oct. 18, 2020
Points – 3 at Virginia Oct. 18, 2020
Shots – 5 at Duke Mar. 19, 2021
Shots on Goal - 3 at Duke Mar. 19, 2021

Season Highs
Goals - 3 (2020-21/Present)
Assists – 2 (2020-21)
Points – 8 (2020-21)
Shots – 16 (2020-21)
Shots on Goal - 9 (2020-21)
Minutes – 1,837 (2020-21)

2021: Played and started in 19 games … Finished with three goals, one assist, 18 shots and six shots on goal … Finished third among field players in minutes played with 1,614 … Aided Pitt to a season-opening shutout vs. Duquesne (8/26) with a goal … Assisted Rodrigo Almeida in Pitt’s lone goal in a 1-0 shutout of Penn State (9/13) … Headed in a last second goal in regulation at home vs. Syracuse (10/1) and scored one of Pitt’s five goals in a 5-1 win vs. UMass (10/25) … Named to the United Soccer Coaches South All-Region Second Team, All-ACC Second Team, All-ACC Tournament Team and No. 69 in TopDrawerSoccer’s Men’s Top 100 Postseason rankings … Drafted 39^th overall to the Houston Dynamo, becoming the fourth Panther in program history to be taken in the MLS SuperDraft.

2020-21: Appeared and started in all 20 games … Finished the season with three goals and two assists … Scored the game-winning goal at Virginia (10/18) in the 93^rd minute and the game-winner at Duke (3/19) in the 107^th minute … Tallied 16 shots, nine shots on goal and 1,837 minutes … Pivotal piece of the back line that held its opponents to two goals in four games in the NCAA Tournament … Named All-ACC Third Team and ACC Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 28 … Earned a spot on CollegeSoccerNews’ Team of the Week Oct. 18.

2019: Appeared and started in 18 games … Made his collegiate debut at home against Liberty on Sept. 6 … Registered one assist, eight shots and four shots on goal for the year … Assisted Edward Kizza in the eventual game-winning goal against Lehigh in the NCAA Tournament First Round … Helped the Panthers to six shutouts on defense for the year … Logged 1,681 minutes … Named on the All-ACC Freshman Team and All-ACC Tournament Team.

Academy: Played for Gimnastic de Tarragona club.

High School: Attended Escola Elisabeth.

Personal: Son of Amparo Ordonez and Juan Osuna … Legal Studies major.