 Borja withSouth China in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Félix Alexander Borja Valencia[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | San Lorenzo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[citation needed] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aucas (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 | |||
| 2022–2024 | El Nacional (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Aucas (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born 2 April 1983) is an Ecuadorianfootballcoach and former player who played as aforward. He is the current assistant manager ofAucas.
Borja is nicknamed the "kangaroo", or "thecobra 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]
Felix Borja previously played forEl Nacional ofEcuador.[2]
His transfer to Greek league championsOlympiacos made him the first Ecuadorian player to play for a Greek team.[citation needed] Borja was declaredCopa Libertadores de América'sjoint top goalscorer two months after his transfer toOlympiacos.[3]
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 clubMainz 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 the2010–11 season, Borja was allowed to leave on a free transfer ahead of an expected move to Mexican clubPuebla F.C.[4]
Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican clubPuebla.[5]
In the 2011–12 Apertaura season, he was transferred to Pachuca F.C.[citation needed]
On 14 August 2014, Borja joinedMajor League Soccer teamChivas USA on loan fromLDU Quito.[2]
On 28 December 2015, Hong Kong giantsSouth China announced the capture of the player via Facebook.[6]
On 24 January 2017, Borja signed a contract withEl Nacional. Previously he was a free agent.[citation needed]
Borja was included in theEcuador for the2006 FIFA World Cup.[7] He played in several of the2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuador national team, including the game againstUruguay which confirmed their passage to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed] He made one appearance at the tournament againstGermany, where they were defeated 3–0.[8]
He featured infriendlies after theFIFA World Cup, even scoring againstBrazil in an October 2006 friendly in Sweden.[citation needed] He was called up to Ecuador for the2007 Copa América, and started in the final group game against Brazil.[9]
| 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 | Superleague | 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 | ||
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 |
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