Enrique David Borja García (born 30 December 1945) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. Borja is the sixth all-time leading scorer of the

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Career

He played club football for

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until his transfer to

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in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970–1971 (24 goals), in 1971–1972 (26 goals) and in 1972–1973 (20 goals) and was a champion with the club on two occasions (1971 & 1976). Borja played in two

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and

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. He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against

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in the 1966 edition, which ended in a 1–1 draw.

After retirement

Borja has been the club president of

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and of the

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. He was co-commentator for the American television network,

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, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament (June – July 2006), with

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, a veteran Univision sports commentator. On 31 October 2007 he signed as club president for

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after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team. He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL 25 May 2009.

Honours

América *

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: 1970–71, 1975–76 *

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: 1973–74 *

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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Individual *

Top Scorer: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73

Career statistics

International goals

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External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borja, Enrique 1945 births Living people Club Universidad Nacional footballers Club América footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Mexico international footballers Footballers from Mexico City Liga MX players Association football forwards Mexican footballers