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Enrique Borja

Enrique David Borja García (born 30 December 1945) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the seventh all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team.[1]

Enrique Borja
Personal information
Full name Enrique David Borja García
Date of birth (1945-12-30) 30 December 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1969 UNAM 112 (69)
1969–1977 América 191 (99)
Total 303 (168)
International career
1966–1975 Mexico 65 (31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

He played club football for UNAM until his transfer to Club América in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970–1971 (24 goals), in 1971–1972 (26 goals) and in 1972–1973 (20 goals) and was a champion with the club on two occasions (1971 & 1976).

Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970.

He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against France in the 1966 edition, which ended in a 1–1 draw.

After retirement edit

Borja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación.

He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament (June – July 2006), with Fernando Fiore, a veteran Univision sports commentator.

On 31 October 2007 he signed as club president for Tigres UANL of Mexico after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team. He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL 25 May 2009.

Honours edit

América

Individual

Career statistics edit

International goals edit

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[2]

External links edit

  • International statistics at rsssf
  • Enrique Borja at National-Football-Teams.com
  • at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-30) (in Spanish)

References edit

  1. ^ rsssf: Mexico record international footballers
  2. ^ Enrique David Borja García – Goals in International Matches

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Not to be confused with Enrique Javier Borja In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Borja and the second or maternal family name is Garcia Enrique David Borja Garcia born 30 December 1945 is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward He is the seventh all time leading scorer of the Mexico national team 1 Enrique BorjaPersonal informationFull nameEnrique David Borja GarciaDate of birth 1945 12 30 30 December 1945 age 78 Place of birthMexico City MexicoHeight1 68 m 5 ft 6 in Position s ForwardSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1964 1969UNAM112 69 1969 1977America191 99 Total303 168 International career1966 1975Mexico65 31 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Career 2 After retirement 3 Honours 4 Career statistics 4 1 International goals 5 External links 6 ReferencesCareer editHe played club football for UNAM until his transfer to Club America in 1969 He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970 1971 24 goals in 1971 1972 26 goals and in 1972 1973 20 goals and was a champion with the club on two occasions 1971 amp 1976 Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970 He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against France in the 1966 edition which ended in a 1 1 draw After retirement editBorja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion He was co commentator for the American television network Univision for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament June July 2006 with Fernando Fiore a veteran Univision sports commentator On 31 October 2007 he signed as club president for Tigres UANL of Mexico after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL 25 May 2009 Honours editAmerica Mexican Primera Division 1970 71 1975 76 Copa Mexico 1973 74 Campeon de Campeones 1976 CONCACAF Champions Cup 1977 Individual Mexican Primera Division Top Scorer 1970 71 1971 72 1972 73Career statistics editInternational goals edit Scores and results list Mexico s goal tally first 2 Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 11 May 1966 Estadio Olimpico Universitario Mexico City Mexico nbsp Chile 1 0 1 0 Friendly 2 13 July 1966 Wembley Stadium London England nbsp France 1 0 1 1 1966 FIFA World Cup 3 5 January 1967 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Switzerland 2 0 3 0 Friendly 4 3 0 5 6 December 1967 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Hungary 1 1 2 1 Friendly 6 21 May 1968 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Uruguay 2 2 3 3 Friendly 7 10 July 1968 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Brazil 1 0 2 1 Friendly 8 2 0 9 16 October 1968 Estadio El Campin Bogota Colombia nbsp Colombia 1 0 1 0 Friendly 10 20 October 1968 Estadio Nacional Lima Peru nbsp Peru 1 3 3 3 Friendly 11 23 October 1968 Estadio Nacional Santiago Chile nbsp Chile 1 3 1 3 Friendly 12 26 October 1968 Estadio Centenario Montevideo Uruguay nbsp Uruguay 1 0 2 0 Friendly 13 3 November 1968 Mineirao Belo Horizonte Brazil nbsp Brazil 1 2 1 2 Friendly 14 1 January 1969 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Italy 1 0 2 3 Friendly 15 22 January 1969 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Denmark 3 0 3 0 Friendly 16 22 May 1969 Estadio Leon Leon Mexico nbsp Peru 1 0 3 0 Friendly 17 2 0 18 18 September 1971 Zentralstadion Leipzig East Germany nbsp East Germany 1 1 1 1 Friendly 19 30 September 1971 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki Greece nbsp Greece 1 0 1 0 Friendly 20 6 October 1971 Bermuda National Stadium Hamilton Bermuda nbsp Bermuda 1 0 2 0 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification 21 13 October 1971 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Bermuda 1 0 4 0 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification 22 5 April 1972 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Peru 2 1 2 1 Friendly 23 9 August 1972 Estadio Nacional Lima Peru nbsp Peru 1 0 2 3 Friendly 24 16 August 1972 Estadio Nacional Santiago Chile nbsp Chile 2 0 2 0 Friendly 25 3 September 1972 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp United States 3 0 3 1 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 26 12 October 1972 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Costa Rica 1 0 3 1 Friendly 27 2 0 28 3 0 29 6 February 1973 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp Argentina 1 0 2 0 Friendly 30 8 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator Port au Prince Haiti nbsp Haiti 1 0 1 0 1973 CONCACAF Championship 31 24 August 1975 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp United States 1 0 2 0 FriendlyExternal links editInternational statistics at rsssf Enrique Borja at National Football Teams com Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine archived 2008 04 30 in Spanish References edit rsssf Mexico record international footballers Enrique David Borja Garcia Goals in International Matches Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Enrique Borja amp oldid 1218662894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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