Félix Borja
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1983)
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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 Aucas.
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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)[citation needed] | ||
| Position | 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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022–2024 | El Nacional (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Aucas (assistant) | ||
| 2026 | Tepatitlán (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
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. He would score the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in the final game of the regular season. This would end up being the final goal in club history, as Chivas USA folded the next day. [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, Borja signed a contract with El Nacional. Previously he was a free agent.[citation needed]
International career
Borja 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 Ecuador national team, including the game against Uruguay which confirmed their passage to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed] He made one appearance at the tournament against Germany, where they were defeated 3–0.[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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 April 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| El Nacional | 2001 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 9 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 21 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 11 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 29 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 49 | 26 | – | 2 | 0 | 51 | 26 | ||
| 2006 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 10 | 7 | – | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | ||
| Total | 129 | 50 | – | 13 | 9 | 142 | 59 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2006–07 | Super League Greece | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Mainz 05 (loan) | 2007–08[10] | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 |
| Mainz 05 | 2008–09[10] | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 2009–10[10] | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
| Puebla | 2011 Clausura | Liga MX | 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 (loan) | 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 (loan) | 2014 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 16 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Chivas USA (loan) | 2014 | MLS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Mushuc Runa | 2015 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 11 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Real Garcilaso | 2015 | Peruvian Primera División | 14 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| South China | 2015–16 | Hong Kong Premier League | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Career total | 344 | 107 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 373 | 122 | ||
International
- 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 |