Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja (born August 1, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran

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player. His position was defender.

Club career

In 1985, he became part of Destroyer in the B League and in 1986 made his

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debut with

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and then transferred to

C.D. Chalatenango Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador. The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alac ...

to play alongside figures like

Mauricio Cienfuegos José Mauricio Cienfuegos (born 12 February 1968) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Cienfuegos began his professional career in 1985 with Racing Junior. He played the next two seaso ...

, Carlos "Carlanga" Rivera and Edgar "Kiko" Henriquez. Then he campaigned with

C.D. Atlético Marte Club Deportivo Atlético Marte, also known as Atlético Marte, is a Salvadorian association football club based in San Salvador. The club plays in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of the El Salvador football league sy ...

where he gained prominence and was named to the national squad. He was also named

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in the first division for

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in 1990. Played also in

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

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of Guatemala,

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo (often abbreviated to Firpo) is an El Salvador professional association football club based in Usulután. The club was founded in 1923, and has played at its current home ground, Estadio Sergio Torres, since 1930 ...

, C.D. Águila and played in Austria with

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in the Second Bundesliga and finally with San Salvador F.C.

International career

Also in 1985 he formed part of a selection of youth who participated in a tournament in Trinidad and Tobago and then at the Central American Games held in Guatemala. Castro Borja was a symbol within the national team in the years of 1992 to 1997. He is still remembered as one of the most passionate players who defended his national colors. He had great physical stamina, his sweeper skills were to be admired and also caused problems for rival strikers. He participated in the

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and

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World Cup qualification campaign. He scored the winner against

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in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, which was the first time El Salvador had defeated

in several years.

International goals

Retirement

After finishing his football career with San Salvador FC, he traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he currently resides with his family and is responsible for the school of soccer run by

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Titles

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20071011011239/http://www.wilmellaw.com/DisplayPage.php?PageID=6025&PID=15 {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro Borja, Carlos 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from San Salvador Association football central defenders Salvadoran footballers El Salvador international footballers 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Chalatenango footballers C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Grazer AK players C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers San Salvador F.C. footballers Salvadoran expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Guatemala Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Austria Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala