Borja Granero

Borja Granero
	Granero in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Borja Granero Niñerola
Date of birth	30 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Deportivo La Coruña
Number	12
Youth career
	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Valencia B
2009–2010	→ Villajoyosa (loan)
2011–2013	Recreativo
2013–2018	Racing Santander
2018–2020	Extremadura
2020–	Deportivo La Coruña
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:37, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Borja Granero Niñerola (born 30 June 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña as either a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Valencia, Granero finished his development at local giants Valencia CF. He made his senior debut with neighbouring Villajoyosa CF in the 2009–10 season,^[1] suffering relegation from Segunda División B.

In late January 2011, after returning to the Che, with the reserves in Tercera División, Granero was sold to Recreativo de Huelva of the Segunda División. He made his official debut for his new club on 29 May in a 2–0 away loss against Villarreal CF B,^[2] one of only two league appearances during the campaign.

On 30 July 2013, after being rarely used, Granero signed with Racing de Santander, recently relegated to the third division.^[3] A regular starter, he achieved promotion to the second tier in his first season but was relegated in the second.^[4]

Granero returned to division two on 24 July 2018, after agreeing to a contract with Extremadura UD.^[5] On 3 September 2020, after suffering relegation, he signed a three-year deal with Deportivo de La Coruña who also went down.^[6]

Granero's father, José Carlos, was also a footballer. He too was groomed at Valencia.^[7]^[1]

As of match played 14 March 2021^[8]^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Villajoyosa (loan)	2009–10	Segunda División B	23	3	1	0	—		24	3
Recreativo	2010–11	Segunda División	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2011–12		14	0	1	0	—		15	0
	2012–13		9	1	1	0	—		10	1
	Total		25	1	2	0	0	0	27	1
Racing Santander	2013–14	Segunda División B	32	4	8	0	4^[a]	0	44	4
	2014–15	Segunda División	27	3	0	0	—		27	3
	2015–16	Segunda División B	26	3	0	0	4^[a]	0	30	3
	2016–17		11	1	1	0	6^[a]	1	18	2
	2017–18		28	4	0	0	—		28	4
	Total		124	15	9	0	14	1	147	16
Extremadura	2018–19	Segunda División	31	1	1	0	—		32	1
	2019–20	Segunda División	40	0	0	0	—		40	0
	Total		71	1	1	0	0	0	72	1
Deportivo La Coruña	2020–21	Segunda División B	16	0	1	0	—		17	0
Career total			259	20	14	0	14	1	287	21

^ ^a ^b Albertos, Maria Victoria (26 September 2009). "«Ser hijo de Granero es un gran favor»" ["Being the son of Granero is a big favour"]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ "El Villarreal B sella su permanencia en Segunda" [Villarreal B seal permanence in Segunda]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ "Borja Granero, cuarta incorporación del Racing" [Borja Granero, fourth Racing addition]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 30 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
^ Menocal, Marcos (31 May 2018). "Borja Granero, fin de un ciclo" [Borja Granero, end of a cycle]. El Diario Montañes (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "El Extremadura ficha al medio centro Borja Granero" [Extremadura sign central midfielder Borja Granero]. ABC (in Spanish). 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ "Borja Granero, nuevo jugador del Dépor 20·21" [Borja Granero, new player of 20–21 Dépor] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ Icigar, Santiago (30 July 2013). "Borja Granero se suma al proyecto de Paco Fernández en el Racing" [Borja Granero added to Paco Fernández project at Racing] (in Spanish). Vavel. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ Borja Granero at BDFutbol
^ Borja Granero at Soccerway