Miguel Borja
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 Borja playing for Cortuluá in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Borja Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Tierralta, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 2011 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Cortuluá | 33 | (8) |
| 2013 | → La Equidad (loan) | 2 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | → Livorno (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Olimpo (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2015 | Livorno | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Santa Fe (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| 2016 | Cortuluá | 21 | (19) |
| 2016– | Atlético Nacional | 6 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Colombia U20 | 15 | (5) |
| 2016 | Colombia Olympic | 5 | (0) |
| 2016– | Colombia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2016 | |||
Miguel Ángel Borja Hernández (born 26 January 1993) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional.
Club career
Colombia
Borja began his career with Deportivo Cali, making his professional debut in 2011. That same year, he was transferred to Cucuta Deportivo, club in which he had few chances to play. He would soon be transferred again, this time to play for Categoría Primera B side, Cortuluá. Borja would make a name for himself in the second division of Colombia, often being referred to as a 'fast' and 'complete goalscorer'. His impressive performances with Cortuluá eventually led him to becoming an alternative striker for Colombia's national under-20 team in 2013. On 17 January 2013, it was reported that Independiente Medellin had been interested in acquiring Borja's services. However, nothing was finalized and Borja was eventually sold to first division side, La Equidad. In his 2 disputable games, Borja scored 4 goals before being transferred to Serie A side Livorno.
Livorno
During the summer of 2013, it was confirmed that Borja would join Italian club Livorno on loan. The loan consisted of a fee of €150.000 with an option to buy for €1.5 million.[2]
His debut for Le Triglie came on 20 October, coming off the bench in a 1-2 loss to Sampdoria.
Return to Colombia
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Borja was loaned to Independiente Santa Fe for the second half of 2015. That season, Borja scored ten goals in thirty-three matches. He won the 2015 Copa Sudamericana with the team (he played seven matches with no goals).
For the 2016 season, he was sold to Cortuluá who was 17th in the league the previous season. In the Apertura tournament of the season, Borja scored a record of nineteen goals in twenty-one matches, breaking the record of most goals scored by a player in a league tournament (since 2002, the league is divided in two tournaments, Apertura and Finalización, each season). The previous record was held by Jackson Martínez, with eighteen goals in the 2009 Finalización.[3] His team Cortuluá reached the Semifinals, which they lost to Independiente Medellín. He was transferred again in June 8, this time to Atlético Nacional. In July 6, during his first match for his new team, while playing against São Paulo in the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, he scored twice, a feat he repeated in the second leg a week after. Then, on July 27, 2016, he went on to score the definitive goal in the final series against Ecuadorian team Independiente del Valle, which Atlético Nacional ended up winning 2-1 on the aggregate.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Deportivo Cali | Categoría Primera A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Cortuluá | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||
| La Equidad | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Italy | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Livorno | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Argentina | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2014 | Olimpo | Primera División | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2015 | Santa Fe | Categoría Primera A | 33 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 10 |
| 2016 | Cortuluá | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 124 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 171 | 66 | ||
Source: Soccerway (see below)
Honours
Club
- Copa Sudamericana (1): 2015
- Superliga Colombiana (1): 2015
- Copa Libertadores (1): 2016
- Copa Colombia (1): 2016
International
References
- ^ Miguel Borja. rio2016.com
- ^ "Miguel Borja será fichado por el Livorno". Goal.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Miguel Borja y su récord de goles en torneos cortos del fútbol colombiano - Liga Águila". Futbolred.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links
- Miguel Borja at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Córdoba Department
- Colombian footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Cúcuta Deportivo footballers
- Cortuluá footballers
- La Equidad footballers
- A.S. Livorno Calcio players
- Olimpo footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Serie A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Colombia under-20 international footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Colombia