Félix Borja

Ecuadorian footballer (born 1983)

Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born 2 April 1983) is an Ecuadorian football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the current assistant manager of El Nacional. Borja is nicknamed the "kangaroo", or "the cobra of Ecuador", for the spring in his jump. His height makes it easy to score goals for his club and country.

Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador.

His transfer to Greek league champions Olympiacos made him the first Ecuadorian player to play for a Greek team. Borja was declared Copa Libertadores de América's joint top goalscorer two months after his transfer to Olympiacos.

Due to his sub standard performances for Olympiacos in his first season, as well as the fact that he occupies a non EU player spot at his current team's roster, Olympiacos had the desire at the end of the 2006–07 season to sell him or loan him for the upcoming season. Due to that decision by the club, Borja was loaned out to German club Mainz 05 for the 2007–08 season. At the end of the season, Mainz signed him permanently. During the winter transfer window of the 2010 11 season, Borja was allowed to leave on a free transfer ahead of an expected move to Mexican club Puebla F. C.

Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican club Puebla.

In the 2011–12 Apertaura season, he was transferred to Pachuca F. C.

On 14 August 2014, Borja joined Major League Soccer team Chivas USA on loan from LDU Quito.

On 24 January 2017, Felix Borja signed a contract with El Nacional. Previously he was a free agent.

He was included in the Ecuador for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He played in several of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuador national team, including the game against Uruguay which confirmed their passage to Germany 06. He made one appearance at the tournament against Germany, where they were defeated 0–3. He featured in friendlies after the FIFA World Cup, even scoring against Brazil in an October 2006 friendly in Sweden. He was called up to Ecuador for the 2007 Copa América, and started in the final group game against Brazil.

Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first. No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 18 August 2005 Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja, Ecuador 1–0 3–1 Friendly 2. 27 December 2005 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–1 1–2 2005 LG Cup 3. 10 October 2006 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 1–0 1–2 Friendly

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEl Nacional2001Serie A94–101042002Serie A214–002142003Serie A116–001162004Serie A293–443372005Serie A4926–2051262006Serie A107–651612Total12950–13914259Olympiacos2006–07Superleague2350040275Total2350040275Mainz 052007–082. Bundesliga3216110033172008–092. Bundesliga19620002162009–10Bundesliga10000010Total522231005523Puebla2011 ClausuraLiga MX1560000156Total1560000156Pachuca2011–12Liga MX30500003052012 AperturaLiga MX1251100136Total421011004311Puebla2013 ClausuraLiga MX14721001682013 AperturaLiga MX1100000110Total2572100278LDU Quito2014Serie A162–00162Total162–00162Chivas USA2014MLS1230000123Total1230000123Mushuc Runa2015Serie A111–00111Total111–00111Real Garcilaso2015Primera División141–00141Total141–00141South China2015–16Premier League506300113Total506300113Career total344107126179373122