Alejandro Jesús "Álex" Ortiz Cabrera (born 1 October 1987) is a Spanish football manager.
Career.
Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Ortiz began his career with Alhaurín de la Torre-based side CD Lauro in 2006, aged 18. In 2009, he moved to Alhaurín de la Torre CF, being in charge of the youth and reserve sides before taking over the first team in Tercera División in July 2012.
Ortiz left Alhaurín in 2013, and subsequently worked as a manager of the "Juvenil" squad of CD Puerto Malagueño before returning to the club in December 2014, as an assistant of Lalo Pavón. On 3 September 2015, after a short period as an assistant of Adrián Cervera at CD San Félix, he was appointed manager of fourth division side UD San Pedro.
Ortiz left San Pedro on 3 June 2016, and joined Málaga CF as a manager of the "Infantil" squad shortly after. He left the latter in 2019 to move to Romania, where he worked as the Head of Methodology at FC Viitorul Constanța.
On 18 August 2020, Ortiz returned to his home country after being named manager of CD Lugo's farm team Polvorín FC. He renewed his contract the following 26 June, and led the club to a promotion to Segunda Federación at the end of the season.
Despite achieving promotion, Ortiz left Lugo on 7 June 2022, and took over Vélez CF also in the fourth division four days later. On 30 November, he was dismissed after 12 matches.
On 1 June 2023, Ortiz was announced as manager of Tercera Federación side CD Rincón. On 6 November, after nine winless rounds, he was dismissed.
In 2024, Ortiz joined the structure of Villarreal CF as a manager of the "Cadete A" squad, before returning to Lugo on 27 February 2025, again as manager of the B-side. On 5 May, following the sacking of Toni Seligrat, he was named manager of the first team for the remaining three matches of the 2024–25 Primera Federación.