Celso Borges

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Celso Borges
Personal information
Full nameCelso Borges Mora
Date of birth (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988
Place of birthSan José, Costa Rica
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentral Midfielder
Club information
Current clubAIK
Number10
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2009Saprissa86(7)
2009–2011Fredrikstad FK76(29)
2012–AIK53(16)
National team‡
2005Costa Rica U-174(1)
2007Costa Rica U-203(0)
2008–Costa Rica58(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2013
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Borges and the second or maternal family name is Mora.

Celso Borges Mora (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθelso ˈβorxes]; born 27 May 1988 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican professional footballer currently playing for AIK in Allsvenskan.

Early years

His father is Alexandre Guimarães.[1] a Brazilian-born, Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer and coach. He was born in Costa Rica's capital city San José and during his highschool years he attended Sistema Educativo Saint Clare Highschool, where he also took part in the school's team. His studies were often interrupted by his football training and playing outside the country.

Club career

Saprissa

At the age of 18, Borges made his professional debut for Saprissa on 15 January 2006.[2] He won five national championships with Saprissa.

Fredrikstad FK

On 18 January 2009 Fredrikstad FK sporting director Tor-Kristian Karlsen confirmed that Celso had signed for them, joining on 1 July when Borges's contract expires. Fredrikstad later agreed to pay 1 million kroner (125,000 €) to Deportivo Saprissa so Borges could join the team immediately and play for Fredrikstad, when the season started on 14 April, against the former league champion Stabæk.[3] In March 2011, Borges stated he would leave Fredrikstad during or after the 2011 season.[4]

AIK

On 1 January 2012 it was confirmed that Borges, as a free agent, was to leave Fredrikstad FK signing a three-year contract with the Swedish football club AIK.[5]

He received the vacant number 10 jersey, last worn by Martin Kayongo-Mutumba.

On 1 April 2012 Celso made his first match for AIK, in a match against Mjällby AIF. He made his first goal for the club in the next game, scoring the game-winning goal against Kalmar FF. During the first half of the season Celso was used as a striker by manager Andreas Alm. But after the summer vacation he dropped down and started playing as a central midfielder. He finished the season ending up as the team's best goalscorer.

International career

He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru, in which he scored a goal and was considered among the best players of the tournament. After the tournament he was picked as one of 10 players to watch out for in the future.[6] Borges also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[6]

He scored a brace for Costa Rica during a 3–2 win over Trinidad & Tobago which then led them to top the group in the final round of qualifying to the 2010 World cup.[7] Costa Rica eventually ended 4th in the group and had to play a play-off against Uruguay to qualify, which they lost 1–2 on aggregate.

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2005–06 Saprissa Costa Rican Primera División 20——20
2006–07 352——352
2007–08 250——250
2008–09 245——245
2009 Fredrikstad FK Tippeligaen 2272111259
2010 Adeccoligaen 291421—3120
2011 Tippeligaen 25857—2915
2012 AIK Allsvenskan 298—121419
2013 24830—278
Career Total 2155212913223968

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Honours

Deportivo Saprissa

References

  1. ↑ "Celso Borges, new Tico idol". FIFA.com. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Celso Borges". Saprissa. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Fredrikstad sign "young ballack"" (in norwegian). VG.no. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Borges to leave FFK" (in norwegian). TV2.no. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Bekräftat: AIK värvar landslagsstjärna" (in swedish). aftonbladet.se. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Celso Borges – FIFA competition record
  7. ↑ July 1310473/costa-rica-defeats-trinidad-tobago-3-2 "Costa Rica Defeats Trinidad & Tobago 3–2". Goal.com. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  8. ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/players/celso-borges/42678/matches/

External links

Costa Rica squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Costa Rica
AIK – current squad

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