| Félix Borja | |
| Fullname: | Félix Alexander Borja Valencia[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1983 |
| Birth Place: | San Lorenzo, Ecuador |
| Height: | 1.79 m[2] |
| Currentclub: | El Nacional (assistant) |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 2001–2006 |
| Clubs1: | El Nacional |
| Caps1: | 129 |
| Goals1: | 50 |
| Years2: | 2006–2008 |
| Clubs2: | Olympiacos |
| Caps2: | 23 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs3: | → Mainz 05 (loan) |
| Caps3: | 32 |
| Goals3: | 16 |
| Years4: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs4: | Mainz 05 |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs5: | Puebla |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2011–2015 |
| Clubs6: | Pachuca |
| Caps6: | 42 |
| Goals6: | 10 |
| Years7: | 2013 |
| Clubs7: | → Puebla (loan) |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Goals7: | 7 |
| Years8: | 2014 |
| Clubs8: | → LDU Quito (loan) |
| Caps8: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Years9: | 2014 |
| Clubs9: | → Chivas USA (loan) |
| Caps9: | 12 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Years10: | 2015 |
| Clubs10: | Mushuc Runa |
| Caps10: | 11 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Years11: | 2015 |
| Clubs11: | Real Garcilaso |
| Caps11: | 14 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2016 |
| Clubs12: | South China |
| Caps12: | 5 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2017 |
| Clubs13: | El Nacional |
| Caps13: | 13 |
| Goals13: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2005–2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ecuador |
| Nationalcaps1: | 22 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Manageryears1: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs1: | El Nacional (assistant) |
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican club Puebla.[6]
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 28 December 2015, Hong Kong giants South China announced the capture of the player via Facebook.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.[11]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 August 2005 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 3–1 | Friendly | |||
| 2. | 27 December 2005 | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–2 | 2005 LG Cup | |||
| 3. | 10 October 2006 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–2 | Friendly |
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| El Nacional | 2001 | Serie A | 9 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2002 | Serie A | 21 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |||
| 2003 | Serie A | 11 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 2004 | Serie A | 29 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | 33 | 7 | |||
| 2005 | Serie A | 49 | 26 | – | 2 | 0 | 51 | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Serie A | 10 | 7 | – | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |||
| Total | 129 | 50 | – | 13 | 9 | 142 | 59 | ||||
| Olympiacos | 2006–07 | Superleague | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| Total | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |||
| Mainz 05 | 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 52 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 23 | |||
| Puebla | 2011 Clausura | Liga MX | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Pachuca | 2011–12 | Liga MX | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |
| 2012 Apertura | Liga MX | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | |||
| Puebla | 2013 Clausura | Liga MX | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | |
| 2013 Apertura | Liga MX | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |||
| LDU Quito | 2014 | Serie A | 16 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Chivas USA | 2014 | MLS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Mushuc Runa | 2015 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Real Garcilaso | 2015 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| South China | 2015–16 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 344 | 107 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 373 | 122 | |||