Borja García (footballer, born January 1990)
Borja García Santamaría (born 7 January 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Barakaldo.
| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barakaldo | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| 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) |
| 2016–2017 | Lorca | 31 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Extremadura | 36 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Logroñés (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Recreativo (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Cornellà | 58 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Badajoz | 20 | (1) |
| 2023– | Barakaldo | 35 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||
Football career
editGarcía 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.
García 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 García 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 García moved to Real Avilés, also in the third division.[4] He remained in the category in the following years, representing UD Logroñés (two stints), Lorca FC, Extremadura UD and Recreativo de Huelva.
References
edit- ^ Capitán general del Valencia (Valencia's general manager); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Un defensa de Primera para la Peña (A Primera defender for Peña); Diario de Ibiza, 24 October 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Borja García cambia la Peña por el Ontinyent (Borja García changes Peña for Ontinyent); Fútbol Pitiuso, 24 January 2014 (in 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 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Borja García at BDFutbol
- Borja García at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Borja García at Soccerway