Enrique Borja (footballer, born 1995)

Enrique Javier Borja Araújo (born 30 May 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Club Guaraní.[1]

Enrique Borja
Personal information
Full name Enrique Javier Borja Araújo
Date of birth (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995
Place of birth San Ignacio, Paraguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Guaraní
Number 22
Youth career
Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Cerro Porteño 10 (1)
2015Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 10 (1)
2016Resende (loan) 0 (0)
2016Guaraní (loan) 6 (1)
2017–2019 General Díaz 37 (16)
2019–2020 Argentinos Juniors 9 (0)
2019Belgrano (loan) 5 (0)
2020Nacional (loan) 8 (0)
2021 Sportivo Luqueño 34 (9)
2022 Sol de América 9 (2)
2022Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2 (0)
2023– Guaraní 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:09, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Career

Borja started his career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, initially featuring for their U20 team.[1][2] He made his professional bow during an away draw with General Díaz in April 2014, featuring for the last twenty-five minutes of what was his only appearance in the 2014 Paraguayan Primera División season.[1] On 31 January 2015, Sportivo Luqueño loaned Borja.[1] He scored his opening career goal during his first start on 25 February versus Deportivo Santaní.[1] He returned to Cerro Porteño in June, subsequently scoring his first goal for the club in December during a win over Sol de América at the Estadio Feliciano Cáceres.[1]

February 2016 saw the forward move to Brazilian football after agreeing a move to Resende.[1][3] He netted a brace over Friburguense on his way to three strikes in nine matches in the Campeonato Carioca.[1] Having returned to his parent club in mid-2016, Borja spent the rest of the year on loan at fellow Paraguayan Primera División team Guaraní.[1] On 27 July 2017, Borja joined General Díaz.[1] He ended the 2018 campaign with thirty-six appearances and sixteen goals.[1] In December 2018, Borja signed a pre-contract agreement with Argentinos Juniors of the Argentine Primera División; effective from January 2019.[4][5][6]

After thirteen appearances in eight months for Argentinos, Borja departed on loan in August 2019 to Belgrano of Primera B Nacional.[1] He returned to his parent club in the succeeding January, prior to being loaned out to his homeland with Nacional.[1] In 2021, Borja played for fellow league club Sportivo Luqueño, before signing with Sol de América ahead of the 2022 season.[7] In July 2022, Borja once again moved to Argentina, signing a loan deal with Atlético Tucumán until the end of 2023 with a purchase option.[8]

Career statistics

As of 12 July 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cerro Porteño 2014 Paraguayan Primera División 10000010
2015 71001[lower-alpha 1]081
2016 00000000
2017 20000020
Total 1010010111
Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 2015 Paraguayan Primera División 10100101
Resende (loan) 2016 Campeonato Carioca 1093103
Guaraní (loan) 2016 Paraguayan Primera División 61000061
General Díaz 2017 300030
2018 3416002[lower-alpha 2]0003616
Total 37160020003916
Argentinos Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 9000301[lower-alpha 2]000130
2019–20 000000000000
Total 9000301000130
Belgrano (loan) 2019–20 Primera B Nacional 50000050
Nacional (loan) 2020 Paraguayan Primera División 30001[lower-alpha 2]00040
Career total 8019103040108919
  1. Appearance(s) in the Paraguayan Primera División play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Guaraní[1]

References

  1. "Paraguay - E. Borja". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. "Ficha Estadistica de ENRIQUE BORJA". BDFA. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. "Enrique Borja se va de Cerro y cruza al Brasil". HOY. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. "Argentinos Juniors anunció el fichaje de Enrique Borja". Tigo Sports. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. "El paraguayo Enrique Borja es nuevo jugador de Argentinos Juniors". Goal. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. "Borja cruza la frontera". ABC. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. Sol de América refuerza su ataque con Enrique Borja, versus.lanacion.com.py, 3 January 2022
  8. Enrique Borja vuelve al fútbol argentino, d10.ultimahora.com, 7 July 2022
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