Humberlito Borges Teixeira or simply Borges (born October 5, 1980 in Salvador), is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a striker.

Career

Club career

União São João

Before coming to

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started by clubs without much expression. He played extremely well, showing his football for the whole of Brazil, so he was hired by Paraná.

Jataiense

Borges had a brief spell in Jataiense, he pointed out a lot in

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Vegalta Sendai

In 2006 Borges attracted the attention of Japanese team

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. Whilst playing for them, he was top scorer in the J2 League for 2006.

São Paulo

After his success in Japan, Borges was hired by

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in 2007. In the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A that year, he was one of three top scorers of

with 7 goals. The other two were Dagoberto and goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni.

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won the Brazilian championship for the second year running. In 2008, Borges scored 10 goals in the championship for São Paulo who won for the third year in a row. Borges scored five goals less than the top striker of the year, Alex Mineiro of

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. On November 8, Borges scored his first hat-trick in São Paulo's shirt. He achieved this in a match against

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at the

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. This season, he scored 16 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 2009, Borges was the top scorer of

in the Copa Libertadores.

Grêmio

The player was presented by the Guild on January 5, 2010 along with Leandro, William and

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. The player has trained with the group and traveled with the delegation towards pre-season in the city of Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul in the mountains. Debuted for Gremio in the first round of the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho in the game against Pelotas, Estádio Boca do Lobo in Pelotas. It began as the holder of the attack, along with former teammate Leandro

. The game ended 3-2 to the Guild, and Borges scored the tie of the tricolor when the match was 2-1 to Pelotas. The other goals were

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(penalty) and Maylson. At the premiere of Gremio in

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2010, against the Araguaia Atlético Clube, Borges scored two goals, being decisive for the classification of the Guild to advance the next phase. His first goal in Grenal occurred on April 25, 2010, valid for the 1st game of the finals of the Gaucho, 2010. He has played a Grenal for Gremio in the first round of the Cup Fernando Carvalho (1st round of the Gaucho ) but did not score. His goal was the second victory in the Tri 2-0 at

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Santos

On May 23, 2011, the boards of Santos and Gremio confirmed the transfer of the striker to the team from

. In his smash debut, Borges scored two goals in a 3-1 victory over Avai. And he scored a goal late in the game between Cruzeiro and Santos, which was won by a score of 1-0. Having not played for Gremio played the finals of the Libertadores (Santos left the champion), but remained well in the matches for the national championship, with the absolute owner Santos 9 shirt. He was now Brasileirão top scorer with 23 goals in 29 games reaching the mark of Serginho Chulapa, which lasted 28 years (since 1983). He came to be compared with the Cameroonian striker

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Cruzeiro

On his debut for Cruzeiro, Borges scored against his previous club, Santos in a competitive game in the Brasil Série A.

Internatıonal Career

As reward for his great form at Santos in 2011 as top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Borges was called up on September 22, 2011 for the second game against

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in the Superclásico, South American's greatest football grudge match.

Club statistics

Honours

Club

São Paulo * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2007,

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Grêmio *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 2010 Santos * Campeonato Paulista:

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Cruzeiro *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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* Campeonato Mineiro:

América Mineiro *Campeonato Mineiro:

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International

Brazil * Superclásico de las Américas: 2011

Individual

* J2 League Top scorer: 2006 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top scorer: 2011

References

External links

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