Boria (footballer)

José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente (born 30 September 1962), known as Boria, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ñíguez and the second or maternal family name is Vicente.
Boria
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente
Date of birth (1962-09-30) 30 September 1962
Place of birth Elche, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Elche
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1988 Elche 167 (39)
1988–1989 Sabadell 20 (4)
1989–1990 Figueres 19 (2)
1990–1991 Cartagena 30 (11)
1991–1993 Elche 71 (14)
1993–1994 Mensajero 6 (1)
Total 313 (71)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent most of his senior career with Elche, with which he appeared in all three major levels of Spanish football for a total of ten seasons.

Club career

Born in Elche, Valencian Community, Boria played mainly for local Elche CF. He made his senior debut at only 18 and competed almost exclusively in the Segunda División, scoring a career-best 13 goals in 33 games in the 1983–84 season to help the club to return to La Liga after a six-year absence.[1]

Boria featured much less the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation. His first match in the top flight was on 1 September 1984 in a 0–1 local derby home loss against Valencia CF,[2] and netted his only goal in the competition on 7 October that year, contributing decisively to a 2–1 away win over Real Valladolid.[3]

Boria achieved another promotion to the top tier with the Franjiverdes in 1988, but never played in that tier again, seeing out his professional career in 1990 after spells with CE Sabadell FC and UE Figueres. The following year he re-joined Elche, now in the Segunda División B.[1]

Personal life

Boria's three sons, Aarón, Jonathan and Saúl, are also footballers.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "José Antonio Ñíguez, BORIA" (in Spanish). Franjiverdes. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. "0–1: Tropezó el Elche ante un Valencia disciplinado" [0–1: Elche stumbled to organised Valencia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 September 1984. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. González, J. (8 October 1984). "1–2: Campanada del Elche en Valladolid" [1–2: Elche shocker in Valladolid]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. Sandoval, Koldo (8 December 2013). "Los Ñiguez, familia de futbolistas" [The Ñiguezes, footballing family] (in Spanish). Colgados por el Fútbol. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. Gil, Víctor (18 December 2016). "Saúl, Aarón y Jony, los hermanos Ñíguez marcan un 'triplete' histórico" [Saúl, Aarón and Jony, the Ñíguez brothers score historic 'triple']. La Información (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  6. Fra, Amalia (21 December 2016). "Los hermanos Ñíguez, unidos y luchando contra la esclerosis" [The Ñíguez brothers, united and fighting against sclerosis]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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