Enrique Borja (footballer, born 1995)

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Enrique Borja
Personal information
Full name Enrique Javier Borja Araújo
Date of birth (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 28)
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)
2015 → Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 10 (1)
2016 → Resende (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Guaraní (loan) 6 (1)
2017–2019 General Díaz 37 (16)
2019–2020 Argentinos Juniors 9 (0)
2019 → Belgrano (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Nacional (loan) 8 (0)
2021 Sportivo Luqueño 34 (9)
2022 Sol de América 9 (2)
2022 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2 (0)
2023– Guaraní 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:09, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

As of 12 July 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerro Porteño 2014 Paraguayan Primera División 1 0 — — 0 0 0 0 1 0
2015 7 1 — — 0 0 1[a] 0 8 1
2016 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 2 0 — — 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 10 1 — — 0 0 1 0 11 1
Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 2015 Paraguayan Primera División 10 1 — — — 0 0 10 1
Resende (loan) 2016 Campeonato Carioca — 1 0 — — 9 3 10 3
Guaraní (loan) 2016 Paraguayan Primera División 6 1 — — 0 0 0 0 6 1
General Díaz 2017 3 0 — — — 0 0 3 0
2018 34 16 0 0 — 2[b] 0 0 0 36 16
Total 37 16 0 0 — 2 0 0 0 39 16
Argentinos Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 9 0 0 0 3 0 1[b] 0 0 0 13 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Belgrano (loan) 2019–20 Primera B Nacional 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Nacional (loan) 2020 Paraguayan Primera División 3 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 80 19 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 89 19
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Paraguayan Primera División play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours[edit]

Guaraní[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "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

External links[edit]

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