Yusuf Kurtuluş

Yusuf Kurtuluş — Biography

Yusuf Kurtuluş (born 15 September 1986 in Of, Trabzon province) is a Turkish footballer who plays in central midfield. Because of his physical resemblance and playing style to former Fenerbahçe player Ariel Ortega, he became known by the nickname "Ortega."

Over the course of his career he turned out for a wide range of Turkish clubs, including Altay İzmir, Adana Demirspor, Denizlispor, Trabzonspor, Osmanlıspor, Giresunspor, Konyaspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Elazığspor, as well as Orduspor, parting ways with the latter at the end of 2014. Later in his career he played for amateur side İnkılap SK.