Borja García Santamaría
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Borja García Santamaría | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Laredo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lorca | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Racing Santander | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Racing B | 58 | (2) |
| 2011 | Racing Santander | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Peña Deportiva | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Ontinyent | 13 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Avilés | 34 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Logroñés | 39 | (3) |
| 2016– | Lorca | 8 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2016. | |||
Borja García Santamaría, simply known as Borja (born 7 January 1990), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Lorca FC as a defender.
Football career
Borja was born in Laredo, Cantabria. He graduated from Racing de Santander's youth ranks, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2009–10 campaign in Segunda División B.
Borja made his first team - and La Liga - debut on 27 August 2011, playing the last 21 minutes in a 3–4 away defeat against Valencia CF.[1] He continued to appear regularly with the B-side, however, and was released in 2013.
In October 2013 Borja joined Tercera División side SCR Peña Deportiva.[2] On 24 January of the following year he moved to Ontinyent CF in the third level.[3]
On 5 August 2014 Borja moved to Real Avilés, also in the third division.[4] He remained in the category in the following years, representing UD Logroñés and Lorca FC.
References
- ↑ Capitán general del Valencia (Valencia's general manager); Marca, 27 August 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Un defensa de Primera para la Peña (A Primera defender for Peña); Diario de Ibiza, 24 October 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Borja García cambia la Peña por el Ontinyent (Borja García changes Peña for Ontinyent); Fútbol Pitiuso, 24 January 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Avilés ficha a Borja García, Antonio Matas y Rubén Rivera (Avilés signs Borja García, Antonio Matas and Rubén Rivera); La Nueva España, 5 August 2014 (Spanish)
External links
- Racing Santander official profile (Spanish)
- Borja García profile at BDFutbol
- Borja García profile at Futbolme (Spanish)