Félix Borja

Football player infobox|playername=Félix Borja


fullname = Félix Alexander Borja Valencia
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|4|2
cityofbirth = San Lorenzo
countryofbirth = Ecuador
height = height|m=1.80
currentclub = FSV Mainz 05)
nickname = Kangaroo
position = Forward
clubnumber = 9
years = 2001-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs =El Nacional
Olympiacos FC
→FSV Mainz 05 "(loan)"
FSV Mainz 05
caps(goals) = 80 (29)
23 (5)
25 (16)
5(4)
nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = Ecuador
nationalcaps(goals) = 9 (3)
pcupdate = 1 October, 2007
ntupdate = 3 August, 2007

Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born April 2, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer who currently plays for FSV Mainz 05 in the German 2nd Bundesliga.

Club career

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. Borja is having major success with Mainz. A interesting characteristic is that nearly every time he scores he does a special dance. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYygWLbv9BA] There is speculation from the media that there may be a possibility that Mainz will attempt to sign him on a permanent deal. [http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=507251]

International career

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.at the moment he is rumoured to be talking to english championship side bristol city