Borja Oubiña
 Oubiña with Celta Vigo in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Borja Oubiña Meléndez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Vigo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Celta | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Moledo | ||
| 1989–1994 | Gran Peña | ||
| 1994–2001 | Celta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2004 | Celta B | 67 | (4) |
| 2004– | Celta | 201 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Borja Oubiña Meléndez (born 17 May 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo as a defensive midfielder. He has spent his entire senior career at the club, apart from a loan to Birmingham City in 2007 which was cut short by a severe knee injury.
Club career
Oubiña was born in Vigo, and came through the ranks at Celta Vigo. Miguel Ángel Lotina gave him his first-team debut during the 2003–04 season, in a 2–2 away draw against Valencia CF. Celta, who were also participating in the UEFA Champions League, were relegated when they finished second from bottom in La Liga. Oubiña became a mainstay in the subsequent seasons, under Fernando Vázquez.
After Celta's top-flight relegation in the 2006–07 campaign, Oubiña stated his desire to leave, although still under contract and, as of August, it seemed that countryman José Antonio Camacho's S.L. Benfica were in the pole to acquire his services, but an agreement could not be reached on a fee – rumoured to be €10 million.[1]
On 31 August 2007, a one-year loan to Premier League side Birmingham City was agreed.[2] Oubiña made his Birmingham debut on 15 September, as a late substitute against Bolton Wanderers; after 13 minutes of the next game, at Liverpool, he sustained an injury in a collision with Dirk Kuyt to his left anterior cruciate ligament, and was expected to be sidelined for at least six months.[3]
On 9 February 2008 Oubiña's loan spell at Birmingham was cancelled by mutual consent,[4] and he returned to Vigo to start his recovery. On 6 December, more than a year after his last appearance, he played four minutes in a 0–2 loss at UD Las Palmas, and appeared in a further 14 games in the season; he relapsed in mid-September 2009, and underwent surgery in October preparatory to the planned reconstruction of his cruciate ligament in early 2010, after which he would miss the remainder of 2009–10.[5]
Oubiña returned to full fitness in the 2011–12 season,[6] playing 28 matches (24 starts, 2,120 minutes of action) as Celta returned to the top level after a five-year absence.[7]
International career
Oubiña earned two caps for the Spain national football team, the first coming on 2 September 2006 against Liechtenstein in Badajoz (4–0 success): he came on as a substitute for David Albelda in the second half of a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier.[8]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Celta B | Segunda División B | 35 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 1 |
| 2002–03 | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Segunda División | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | La Liga | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| England | League | FA Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Birmingham City | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2008–09 | Celta Vigo | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | Spain | |||||||||
| England | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ "El Celta negocia con el Benfica el traspaso de Oubiña" [Celta in negotiations with Benfica for Oubiña transfer]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 23 August 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "Birmingham sign midfielder Oubiña". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ↑ "Oubiña facing six-month absence". BBC Sport. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ↑ "Oubiña leaves Blues". Birmingham City. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ↑ López, Víctor (5 October 2009). "La operación a Borja Oubiña reveló que su ligamento estaba destrozado" [Borja Oubiña operation revealed that his ligament was destroyed]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ↑ "Borja Oubiña vuelve a jugar un año y medio después" [Borja Oubiña plays again one year and a half later]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ "Iago Aspas, Oubiña y De Lucas, claves en el ascenso" [Iago Aspas, Oubiña and De Lucas, key to promotion] (in Spanish). Te Interesa. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ "A las puertas del mil" [Nearing the 1000th]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data
- Borja Oubiña at National-Football-Teams.com
- Transfermarkt profile
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