Nilson Borges (16 December 1941 – 3 February 2021) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a winger.

Nilson Borges
Personal information
Date of birth 16 December 1941
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 79)
Place of death Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1958–1960 Portuguesa-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1965 Portuguesa-SP
1965 América-SP
1965 Portuguesa-SP
1966 Corinthians
1967 Juventus-SP
1968 Athletico Paranaense
1969 Coritiba
1969–1971 Athletico Paranaense
1972 Bahia
1973–1974 Athletico Paranaense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Borges began his career playing for Associação Portuguesa de Desportos and starting his professional career there in 1960. In 1965, he went to Europe and trained with Standard Liège and Sporting CP. However, he only played in friendly matches and was supported by a Portuguese businessman who would ask for above-market values for Borges to play.[1]

Borges returned to Brazil later in 1965 and began playing with América-SP and later would return to Portuguesa. In 1966, he went to Corinthians, where he played as a reserve, a position he hotly contested. After playing only six games for Corinthians, he was transferred to Clube Atlético Juventus and later Club Athletico Paranaense. With Paranaense, he participated in the Campeonato Paranaense in 1970, which his team won for the first time in 12 years.[2] He also played for Coritiba and Bahia before returning to Paranaense and retiring.[3] After his retirement from playing, he worked for many different football clubs as a trainer and coach.[4]

In 2020, Borges ended his football activities due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and was paralyzed in his legs by an unknown condition.[5] He died in Curitiba on 3 February 2021, at the age of 79.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Para ir ao Atlético, Nilson deixou a Portuguesa e foi pra Europa". Tribuna (in Portuguese). 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Nilson Borges brilhou no Atlético que apagou o vexame de 1967". Tribuna (in Portuguese). 2 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Hidalgo e Nilson Borges já estiveram do outro lado da rivalidade do Atletiba". Gazeto do Povo (in Portuguese). 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Atlético irreconhecível em Salvador". Tribuna (in Portuguese). 22 March 2007.
  5. ^ "Ídolo do Athletico, Nilson Borges tem doença desconhecida e para de andar". Um Dois Esportes (in Portuguese). 16 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Ídolo do Athletico, Nilson Borges morre em Curitiba aos 79 anos". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 3 February 2021.