Félix Borja
 Borja with South China in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Félix Alexander Borja Valencia[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | San Lorenzo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | El Nacional (assistant) | ||
| 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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | El Nacional (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born 2 April 1983) is an Ecuadorian football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the current assistant manager of El Nacional.
Borja 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
[edit]El Nacional
[edit]Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador.[3]
Olympiacos
[edit]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.[4]
Mainz 05
[edit]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.[5]
Puebla
[edit]Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican club Puebla.[6]
Pachuca
[edit]In the 2011–12 Apertaura season, he was transferred to Pachuca F.C.[citation needed]
Loan to Chivas USA
[edit]On 14 August 2014, Borja joined Major League Soccer team Chivas USA on loan from LDU Quito.[3]
South China
[edit]On 28 December 2015, Hong Kong giants South China announced the capture of the player via Facebook.[7]
Return to El Nacional
[edit]On 24 January 2017, Felix Borja signed a contract with El Nacional. Previously he was a free agent.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]He was included in the Ecuador for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[8] He played in several of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuador 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.[9]
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.[10]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.[11]
| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "南華足球隊2014-2017 South China Football Team 2014-2017 on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
- ^ "Ecuador". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Ecuador 0 – 3 Germany". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Brazil - Ecuador". conmebol.com. 4 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Borja, Félix". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Félix Borja at Soccerway
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from San Lorenzo, Ecuador
- Ecuadorian men's 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
- Cusco FC 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
- Men's association football forwards
- Ecuador men's international footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Copa Libertadores top scorers