Ramiro Borja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramiro A. Borja M. | ||
| Date of birth | August 28, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Quito, Ecuador | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Rutgers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Memphis Storm (indoor) | ||
| 1987–1988 | Los Angeles Lazers | 11 | (1) |
| 1988–1989 | Memphis Storm (indoor) | ||
| 1989–1991 | Albany Capitals | ||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Puerto Rico | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ramiro Borja is a retired Ecuadorean-American soccer player. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and American Professional Soccer League.
Borja, brother of Chico Borja,[1] attended Rutgers University, playing for the Scarlet Knights soccer team in 1979 and 1980.[2] In 1986, Borja signed with the Memphis Storm of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1987, he moved to the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League, but was back with the Storm a year later. In 1989, he moved outdoors with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League.[3] He played three seasons with the Capitals, the last two in the American Professional Soccer League.[4] He was 1991 First Team All League.
International
[edit]Borja competed for the Puerto Rico national football team during Puerto Rico's qualification games for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ OH, BROTHER! BORJAS SPARK CAPITALS, 4-2
- ^ Rutgers Men’s Soccer Letterwinners Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1989 Albany Capitals
- ^ 1991 Albany Capitals
- ^ Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico (March 21, 1992), 11v11.com; accessed October 16, 2016.
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- Living people
- 1961 births
- Footballers from Quito
- American men's soccer players
- American Soccer League (1988–89) players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Albany Capitals players
- Los Angeles Lazers players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Memphis Storm players
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer players
- Rutgers University alumni
- Sportspeople from Quito
- Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States
- Puerto Rican men's footballers
- Puerto Rico men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- Puerto Rican football biography stubs