# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-ortiz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:42:03.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-ortiz"
name: "José Ortiz"
slug: "jose-ortiz"
description: "José Rafael \"Piculín\" Ortiz Rijos was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), various European teams, and in Puerto Rico's Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Ortiz played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers."
tagline: "Puerto Rican basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Rafael_Ortiz_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1963-10-25"
deathDate: "2026-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.41289866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortiz"
    title: "José Ortiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "خوسيه أورتيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87)"
    title: "خوسيه اورتيز (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rafael_Ortiz_Rijos"
    title: "José Rafael Ortiz Rijos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortiz_(Basketballspieler)"
    title: "José Ortiz (Basketballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%AD_%CE%9F%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%82"
    title: "Χοσέ Ορτίς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortiz_(basketball)"
    title: "José Ortiz (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rafael_Ortiz"
    title: "José Rafael Ortiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rafael_Ortiz"
    title: "José Rafael Ortiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortiz_(basket-ball)"
    title: "José Ortiz (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picul%C3%ADn_Ortiz"
    title: "Piculín Ortiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ホセ・オルティス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump