José Antonio Ñíguez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Elche, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Elche | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1981–1988 | Elche | 167 | (39) |
| 1988–1989 | Sabadell | 20 | (4) |
| 1989–1990 | Figueres | 19 | (2) |
| 1991 | Cartagena | ||
| 1991–1993 | Elche | 70 | (16) |
| Total | 276 | (61) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente, commonly known as Boria (born 30 September 1962), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his senior career with Elche, with which he appeared in all three major levels of Spanish football for a total of ten seasons.
Football career
Born in Elche, Valencian Community, Boria played mainly for local Elche CF. He made his senior debuts at only 18 and competed almost exclusively in Segunda División, scoring a career-best 13 goals in 33 games in the 1983–84 season to help the club return to La Liga after a six-year absence.[1]
Boria featured much less in the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation back. He played his first match in the top flight on 1 September 1984 in a 0–1 local derby home loss against Valencia CF,[2] and netted his first and only goal in the competition on 7 October of that year, contributing decisively to a 2–1 win at Real Valladolid.[3]
Boria achieved another top level promotion with the Franjiverdes in 1988, but never played in the category again, seeing out his professional career in late 1990 after division two spells with CE Sabadell FC and UE Figueres. In the following year he re-joined Elche, now in Segunda División B.[1]
Personal life
Boria's three sons, Aarón, Jonathan and Saúl, are also footballers.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "José Antonio Ñíguez, BORIA" (in Spanish). Franjiverdes. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "0–1: Tropezó el Elche ante un Valencia disciplinado" [0–1: Elche stumbled to organized Valencia] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 2 September 1984. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "1–2: Campanada del Elche en Valladolid" [1–2: Elche surprises in Valladolid] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 October 1984. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "Los Ñiguez, familia de futbolistas" [The Ñiguezes, footballing family] (in Spanish). Colgados por el Fútbol. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.