José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente (born 30 September 1962), known as Boria, is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker
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He spent most of his senior career with
Elche
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Club career
Born in
Elche
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, Boria played mainly for local
Elche CF
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. He made his senior debut at only 18 and competed almost exclusively in the
Segunda División
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, scoring a career-best 13 goals in 33 games in the 1983–84 season to help the club to return to
La Liga
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after a six-year absence.
Boria featured much less the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation. His first match in the top flight was on 1 September 1984 in a 0–1
local derby
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home loss against
Valencia CF
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, and netted his only goal in the competition on 7 October that year, contributing decisively to a 2–1 away win over
Real Valladolid
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The club colo ...
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Boria achieved another promotion to the top tier with the ''Franjiverdes'' in
1988
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, but never played in that tier again, seeing out his professional career in 1990 after spells with
CE Sabadell FC
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and
UE Figueres
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. The following year he re-joined Elche, now in the
Segunda División B
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.
Personal life
Boria's three sons,
Aarón Aarón is the Spanish form of the Biblical name Aharon.
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* Aarón Ñíguez
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,
Jonathan
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* ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski
* ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...