| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Félix Alexander Borja Valencia | ||
| Date of birth | April 2, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | San Lorenzo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.79[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pachuca | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2006 | El Nacional | 122 | (51) |
| 2006–2008 | Olympiacos | 23 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 32 | (16) |
| 2008–2010 | Mainz 05 | 20 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Puebla[1] | 15 | (6) |
| 2011– | Pachuca | 7 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2005– | Ecuador | 21 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born April 2, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer, who currently plays for CF Pachuca in the Primera División Mexicana.[2]
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Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador. His transfer to Greek league champions Olympiakos 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.
He is nicknamed the "kangaroo", for the spring in his jump. His height makes it easy to score goals for his club and country.
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 FSV Mainz 05 for the 2007/08 season. At the end of the season, Mainz signed him permanently. Having limited success, especially after Mainz earned promotion to the Bundesliga, he transferred to the Mexican club Puebla F.C.[3]
He was included in the Ecuadorian national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite his relative inexperience. He played in several of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuadorian national team, including the game against Uruguay which confirmed their passage to Germany 06. He made only one appearance for his country on the world's biggest stage against Germany, where they were defeated 3-0.
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 the Ecuador squad for the 2007 Copa America, and started in the final group game against Brazil.
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