Borja Fernández

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Borja Fernández
Personal information
Full name	Borja Fernández Fernández
Date of birth	January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (age 27)
Place of birth	Ourense, Spain
Height	1.85 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Real Valladolid
Number	6
Youth clubs
2000–2001	Real Madrid C
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2003 2003–2006 2005–2006 2006–	Castilla Real Madrid →Mallorca (loan) Real Valladolid	– (–) 23 (0) 16 (0) 36 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 21, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 12, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Borja Fernández Fernández, often shortened to Borja, (born January 14, 1981 in Ourense) is a Spanish footballer, currently at Valladolid. His position is defensive midfielder.

Borja joined Real Madrid's academy in 2000 and, after impressive displays for the Real Madrid C team and Real Madrid Castilla, he was promoted to the senior squad in 2003. He appeared in fifteen La Liga games that season and eight in his second season. He since struggled to break into the first team at the club and moved to the second division with Valladolid in 2006, after a loan spell in 2005-06 with Real Mallorca.

v • d • e Real Valladolid – current squad 1 Butelle • 2 Cifu • 3 Marcos • 4 Alexis • 5 García Calvo • 6 Borja • 7 Sisi • 8 J. Baraja • 9 Llorente • 10 Ó. Sánchez • 11 Capdevila • 12 Ogbeche • 13 Alberto • 14 D. N. Kome • 15 Rafa • 16 Pedro López • 17 D. Camacho • 18 Rubio • 19 Sesma • 20 Vivar Dorado • 21 Víctor • 22 Aguirre • 23 Manchev • 24 Iñaki Bea • 26 S. Asenjo • 28 Jesús • Coach: Mendilibar