Borja Fernández

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Borja
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Personal information
Full name Francisco Borja Fernández Fernández
Date of birth January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (age 28)
Place of birth    Ourense, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Valladolid
Number 10
Youth career
1996–2000 Real Madrid
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2001
2001–2003
2003–2006
2005–2006
2006–
Real Madrid C
Real Madrid B
Real Madrid
Mallorca (loan)
Valladolid
0– (–)
72 (4)
23 (0)
16 (0)
97 (3)   
National team2
1998–1999
2002–2003
Spain U17
Spain U21
09 (0)
02 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 May 2009.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 31 May 2009.
* Appearances (Goals)

Francisco de Borja Fernández Fernández, simply Borja (born January 14, 1981 in Ourense, Galicia), is a Spanish footballer currently at Real Valladolid, as a defensive midfielder.

[edit] Football career

Borja joined Real Madrid's academy in 1996 and, after impressive displays for the C and B teams, was promoted to the senior squad in 2003. He appeared in fifteen La Liga games that season (with his debut coming on September 2, 2003 in a 1–1 tie at Villarreal CF), and eight in his second season (mostly as a late substitute).

Unable to break into the first team, Borja was loaned to RCD Mallorca for 2005–06, where he also played sparingly. He subsequently joined Segunda División side Real Valladolid, being instrumental in the side's top flight promotion after a three-year hiatus, and continuing to start regularly in the subsequent first division campaigns.

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