Enrique Borja
 Borja in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique David Borja García | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1945 | ||
| 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 | |||
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]
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
- Mexican Primera División: 1970–71, 1975–76
- Copa México: 1973–74
- Campeón de Campeones: 1976
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1977
Individual
- Mexican Primera División Top Scorer: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
Career statistics
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[2]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 May 1966 | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico |  Chile |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 13 July 1966 | Wembley Stadium, London, England |  France |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1966 FIFA World Cup |
| 3. | 5 January 1967 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Switzerland |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 3–0 | |||||
| 5. | 6 December 1967 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Hungary |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 21 May 1968 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Uruguay |
2–2 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 7. | 10 July 1968 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Brazil |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 2–0 | |||||
| 9. | 16 October 1968 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia |  Colombia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 20 October 1968 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru |  Peru |
1–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 11. | 23 October 1968 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | Chile |
1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 12. | 26 October 1968 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 13. | 3 November 1968 | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Brazil |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 14. | 1 January 1969 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Italy |
1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 15. | 22 January 1969 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Denmark |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 16. | 22 May 1969 | Estadio León, León, Mexico | Peru |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 17. | 2–0 | |||||
| 18. | 18 September 1971 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany |  East Germany |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 19. | 30 September 1971 | Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece |  Greece |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 20. | 6 October 1971 | Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda |  Bermuda |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 21. | 13 October 1971 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Bermuda |
1–0 | 4–0 | 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 22. | 5 April 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Peru |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 23. | 9 August 1972 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | Peru |
1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 24. | 16 August 1972 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | Chile |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 25. | 3 September 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  United States |
3–0 | 3–1 | 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 26. | 12 October 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Costa Rica |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 27. | 2–0 | |||||
| 28. | 3–0 | |||||
| 29. | 6 February 1973 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Argentina |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 30. | 8 December 1973 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |  Haiti |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1973 CONCACAF Championship |
| 31. | 24 August 1975 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | United States |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
External links
[edit]- International statistics at rsssf
- Enrique Borja at National-Football-Teams.com
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-30) (in Spanish)
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References
[edit]- 1945 births
- Living people
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- Club América footballers
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Mexico men's international footballers
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Liga MX players
- Men's association football forwards
- Mexican men's footballers
- CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players