Félix Borja
 Borja with South China in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Félix Alexander Borja Valencia | ||
| Date of birth | April 2, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | San Lorenzo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | El Nacional | 129 | (50) |
| 2006–2008 | Olympiacos | 23 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 32 | (16) |
| 2008–2010 | Mainz 05 | 20 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Puebla | 15 | (6) |
| 2011–2015 | Pachuca | 42 | (10) |
| 2013 | → Puebla (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2014 | → LDU Quito (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Chivas USA (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2015 | Mushuc Runa | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | Real Garcilaso | 14 | (1) |
| 2016 | South China | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | El Nacional | 13 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Ecuador | 22 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 9, 2017 | |||
Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born April 2, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer, who last played for El Nacional in the Ecuadorian Serie A. He is nicknamed the "kangaroo", or "the cobra of Ecuador", for the spring in his jump.[citation needed] His height makes it easy to score goals for his club and country.[citation needed]
Club career
El Nacional
Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador.[2]
Olympiacos
His transfer to Greek league champions Olympiacos made him the first Ecuadorian player to play for a Greek team.[citation needed] Borja was declared Copa Libertadores de América's joint top goalscorer two months after his transfer to Olympiacos.[3]
Mainz 05
Due to his sub-standard performances for Olympiacos in his first season, as well as the fact that he occupies a non-EU player spot at his current team's roster, Olympiacos had the desire at the end of the 2006–07 season to sell him or loan him for the upcoming season.[citation needed] Due to that decision by the club, Borja was loaned out to German club Mainz 05 for the 2007–08 season.[citation needed] At the end of the season, Mainz signed him permanently.[citation needed] During the winter transfer window of the 2010-11 season, Borja was allowed to leave on a free transfer ahead of an expected move to Mexican club Puebla F.C.[4]
Puebla
Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican club Puebla.[5]
Pachuca
In the 2011–12 Apertaura season, he was transferred to Pachuca F.C.[citation needed]
Loan to Chivas USA
On 14 August 2014, Borja joined Major League Soccer team Chivas USA on loan from LDU Quito.[2]
South China
On 28 December 2015, Hong Kong giants South China announced the capture of the player via Facebook.[6]
Return to El Nacional
On 24 January 2017, Felix Borja signed a contract with El Nacional. Previously he was a free agent.[citation needed]
International career
He was included in the Ecuador for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[7] He played in several of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuadorian national team, including the game against Uruguay which confirmed their passage to Germany 06.[citation needed] He made one appearance at the tournament against Germany, where they were defeated 0–3.[8]
He featured in friendlies after the FIFA World Cup, even scoring against Brazil in an October 2006 friendly in Sweden.[citation needed] He was called up to Ecuador for the 2007 Copa América, and started in the final group game against Brazil.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.[10]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 August 2005 | Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja, Ecuador |  Venezuela |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 27 December 2005 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Senegal |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2005 LG Cup |
| 3. | 10 October 2006 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Brazil |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Career statistics
- As of April 26, 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| El Nacional | 2001 | Serie A | 9 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Serie A | 21 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | Serie A | 11 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | Serie A | 29 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | Serie A | 49 | 26 | – | 2 | 0 | 51 | 26 | ||
| 2006 | Serie A | 10 | 7 | – | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | ||
| Total | 129 | 50 | – | 13 | 9 | 142 | 59 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2006–07 | Superleague | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Total | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Mainz 05 | 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | |
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 23 | ||
| Puebla | 2011 Clausura | Liga MX | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||
| Pachuca | 2011–12 | Liga MX | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 2012 Apertura | Liga MX | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| Total | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | ||
| Puebla | 2013 Clausura | Liga MX | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
| 2013 Apertura | Liga MX | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | ||
| LDU Quito | 2014 | Serie A | 16 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Total | 16 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Chivas USA | 2014 | MLS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Mushuc Runa | 2015 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Real Garcilaso | 2015 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| South China | 2015–16 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 344 | 107 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 373 | 122 | ||
Honours
References
- ^ "Félix Borja". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ a b "Chivas USA acquire forward Felix Borja on loan from LDU Quito to help bolster attack". mlssoccer.com. MLS. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Copa Libertadores 2006
- ^ Thomas Zocher (8 December 2010). "Borja granted Mainz exit". skysports.com. Sky UK. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Mainzer "Maskenmann" Borja wechselt nach Mexiko" [Mainz "Mask Man" transfers to Mexico] (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 9, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/scaaft/photos/a.263175027220103.1073741828.257573871113552/441764746027796/?type=3
- ^ "Ecuador". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Ecuador 0 – 3 Germany". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Brazil - Ecuador". conmebol.com. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Borja, Félix". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
External links
- Félix Borja at Soccerway
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from San Lorenzo, Ecuador
- Ecuadorian footballers
- C.D. El Nacional footballers
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 players
- Club Puebla players
- C.F. Pachuca players
- L.D.U. Quito footballers
- Chivas USA players
- Mushuc Runa S.C. footballers
- Real Garcilaso footballers
- South China AA players
- Super League Greece players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Liga MX players
- Major League Soccer players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Association football forwards
- Ecuador international footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong