Humberlito Borges Teixeira

Borges
Personal information
Full name Humberlito Borges
Teixeira
Date of birth October 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) (age 31)
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Santos
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Arapongas 5 (2)
2002 Bebedouro 2 (4)
2003 Jataiense 12 (6)
2004 São Caetano 6 (0)
2005 Paysandu 9 (0)
2005 São João 18 (12)
2005 Paraná 36 (19)
2006 Vegalta Sendai 41 (26)
2007–2009 São Paulo 84 (27)
2010–2011 Grêmio 28 (9)
2011– Santos 31 (23)
National team
2011– Brazil 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Humberlito Borges Teixeira or simply Borges (born October 5, 1980 in Salvador), is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Santos.

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Career

Club Career

União São João

Before coming to União São João started by clubs without much expression. He played extremely well, showing his football for the whole of Brazil, so he was hired by Paraná.

Jataiense

Borges had a brief spell in Jataiense, he pointed out a lot in Campeonato Goiano.

Vegalta Sendai

After Borges attracted the attention of a Japanese team which had a short passage (as in his previous clubs) but it was top scorer in J. League Division 2 in 2006, acting by Vegalta Sendai.

São Paulo

2007 After the successful passage through Japan, Borges was hired by São Paulo in 2007. In the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A that year, was one of the gunners of São Paulo, with 7 goals. The other two who had 7 goals were: Dagoberto and Rogerio Ceni. That year, the Sao Paulo became champion, then won two consecutive titles (2006 and 2007). 2008 In 2008, the Campeonato Paulista scored 10 goals being the fifth highest scorer of the championship, five unless the striker Alex Mineiro of Palmeiras.

On November 8, the first time he scored three goals in one match with the shirt of São Paulo, in the match against Portugal at the Estádio do Canindé. Even this season, scored 16 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, where the sacred triple champion Sao Paulo is followed (2006, 2007 and 2008) and six-time Brazilian Championship.2009 was the top scorer of São Paulo in the Copa Libertadores.

Grêmio

Many speculations have arisen about his future after the break from the Borges Sao Paulo. Some Brazilian teams probed the player for months, even before the end of the season. The most likely destination was always the Guild. And that's what happened. The player was presented by the Guild on January 5, 2010 along with Leandro, William and Maurice. The player has trained with the group and traveled with the delegation towards pre-season in the city of Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul in the mountains. Debuted for Gremio in the first round of the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho in the game against Pelotas, Estádio Boca do Lobo in Pelotas. It began as the holder of the attack, along with former teammate Leandro Sao Paulo. The game ended 3-2 to the Guild, and Borges scored the tie of the tricolor when the match was 2-1 to Pelotas. The other goals were Jonas (penalty) and Maylson.

At the premiere of Gremio in Brazil Cup 2010, against the Araguaia Atlético Clube, Borges scored two goals, being decisive for the classification of the Guild to advance the next phase. His first goal in Grenal occurred on April 25, 2010, valid for the 1st game of the finals of the Gaucho, 2010. He has played a Grenal for Gremio in the first round of the Cup Fernando Carvalho (1st round of the Gaucho ) but did not score. His goal was the second victory in the Tri 2-0 at Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre.

Santos

On May 23, 2011, the boards of Santos and Gremio confirmed the transfer of striker for the team from São Paulo. In his debut smash, Borges scored two goals in a 3-1 victory over Avai. And he scored a goal late in the game Cruzeiro x Santos, which was won by the team in heaven, through 1-0.

Having not played for Gremio played the finals of the Libertadores (Santos left the champion), but remained well in the matches for the national championship, with the absolute owner Santos 9 shirt, so now Brasileirão top scorer with 23 goals in 29 games reaching the mark of Serginho Chulapa, which lasted 28 years (since 1983), came up to be compared with the Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o.

Internatıonal Career

As reward for his great form at Santos in 2011, as top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Borges was called up on September 22 2011 for the second game against Argentina in the Superclásico, South American's greatest football grudge match.

Club career statistics

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2006 Vegalta Sendai J. League 2 41 26 2 1 43 27
Country Japan 41 26 2 1 43 27
Brazil
2011 Santos FC Serie A 31 23 0 0 31 23
Total 48 32 2 1 50 33

Honours

São Paulo
2007, 2008
Grêmio
2010
Brazil
2011
Personal
2006
2011

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