Nilson Borges

Borges began his career playing for Associação Portuguesa de Desportos and starting his professional career there in 1960. In 1965, he went to Europe and trained with Standard Liège and Sporting CP. However, he only played in friendly matches and was supported by a Portuguese businessman who would ask for above-market values for Borges to play.^[1]

Borges returned to Brazil later in 1965 and began playing with América-SP and later would return to Portuguesa. In 1966, he went to Corinthians, where he played as a reserve, a position he hotly contested. After playing only six games for Corinthians, he was transferred to Clube Atlético Juventus and later Club Athletico Paranaense. With Paranaense, he participated in the Campeonato Paranaense in 1970, which his team won for the first time in 12 years.^[2] He also played for Coritiba and Bahia before returning to Paranaense and retiring.^[3] After his retirement from playing, he worked for many different football clubs as a trainer and coach.^[4]

In 2020, Borges ended his football activities due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and was paralyzed in his legs by an unknown condition.^[5] He died in Curitiba on 3 February 2021, at the age of 79.^[6]