Borja Viguera Manzanares (born 26 March 1987) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a striker. He achieved totals of 51 games and three goals in

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for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

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and

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

. He also made 100

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appearances and scored 28 goals for five clubs, finishing as top scorer for the 2013–14 season for Alavés.

Club career

Real Sociedad

Born in

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, Viguera graduated from

's prolific youth setup, and made his senior debut with the reserves in 2006–07, in the

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. He played his first match as a professional on 15 September 2007, coming on as a substitute for

Iñigo Díaz de Cerio Iñigo Díaz de Cerio Conejero (born 15 May 1984) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career De Cerio was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country. Having finished his football grooming with Real Sociedad, he was the ...

in a 3–2

away win against

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. He made a further four appearances with the main squad during the following season, as they missed out on promotion by finishing fourth. Viguera was definitely promoted to Real's first team in June 2009, but featured rarely as the

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were crowned champions. On 11 January 2011, he joined

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

on loan until June, suffering a

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the following month that ruled him out for the remainder of the campaign. On 26 August 2011, Viguera returned to ''Nàstic'' again in a temporary deal. After being sparingly used by the

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he returned to Real Sociedad on 31 January 2012, and was subsequently loaned to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

of the third tier.

Alavés

On 6 July 2012, Viguera joined neighbouring

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

also in division three. He was an ever-present figure in his

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, scoring 21 goals in all competitions to help his team to achieve promotion to the second tier in the play-offs. Viguera extended his contract with the club on 14 August 2013, until 2015. He netted 25 times during the season, as the side narrowly avoided relegation; highlights included a

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CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdi ...

on 8 February 2014 in a 4–0 victory.

Athletic Bilbao

On 13 June 2014, Viguera signed a three-year deal with

for

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1 million. He scored his first

goal for his new team on 21 November, the second of a 3–1 home win over

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Sporting Gijón

Viguera agreed to a two-year contract at

on 30 August 2016. He scored just once in the league during his first season, which ended in relegation, and featured even less in

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Numancia

On 1 August 2018,

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Viguera signed a two-year contract with

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

. He played 24 total games (five starts) and scored once, a late

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that was the only goal of the game at home to

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

on 13 October. Viguera cut ties with the club on 4 September 2019.

Later career

Viguera joined third-tier

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

on 22 January 2020. On 31 August the following year, he moved to

CF Intercity Club de Fútbol Intercity is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, the third tier of Spanish football. They hold home games at the ''Estadio Antonio So ...

in the new Segunda División RFEF. He was used mainly off the bench for the eventually promoted team from

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, including on 9 January 2022 when he scored his only goal to earn a 1–1 home draw against

CF La Nucía Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in Segunda Federación - Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viguera, Borja 1987 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Logroño Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Albacete Balompié players Deportivo Alavés players Athletic Bilbao footballers Sporting de Gijón players CD Numancia players Real Unión footballers CF Intercity players