 He left Santos Laguna to join Club América on December 17, 2008.In August 2010, Ortiz returned to Argentina to play for Vélez Sársfield.Ortiz was a regular starter along Sebastián Domínguez in Vélez Sársfield's centre back during his two-year stay at the club, in which he won with the team the 2011 Clausura and reached the semifinals of the 2011 Copa Libertadores and quarter-finals of the 2012 Copa Libertadores.