Borja Docal Sáiz (born 3 October 1991) is a Spanish former

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who played as either a left-back or a left winger.

Club career

Docal was born in

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

, Cantabria. A product of local giants Racing de Santander's youth system, he made his first-team debut on 19 August 2012, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Las Palmas in the

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. He scored his first professional goal the following 23 March but in another defeat, this time 3–2 at

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. He finished his first season with the main squad with 14 starts and 1,314 minutes of action, suffering relegation. On 14 July 2013, Docal signed with fellow second-tier club

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. He returned to Racing the following year, and subsequently had abroad spells with

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( Slovak Super Liga) and

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(

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) before returning to Spain in 2018 with

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Personal life

Docal's second cousin,

Sergio Canales Sergio Canales Madrazo (; born 16 February 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Spain national team. After starting out at Racing de Santander, he signed as a 19-ye ...

– their paternal grandmothers being sisters – is also a footballer.El Racing ficha al hermano pequeño de Sergio Canales (Racing sign Sergio Canales' little brother)
Diario AS, 5 June 2010 (in Spanish)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Docal, Borja 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santander, Spain Men's association football defenders Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players CD Mirandés footballers Gimnástica de Torrelavega footballers Slovak First Football League players FK Senica players Belarusian Premier League players FC Dynamo Brest players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belarus