Kady Iuri Borges Malinowski (born 2 May 1996) is a Brazilian-Polish professional

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who plays as an winger or

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for Russian club

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

. Starting his career in his native

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

, he then played for Estoril and Vilafranquense in

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. Kady Borges then was transferred to Azerbaijani side Qarabağ, helping his team win the

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and the Azerbaijan Cup in his debut season, also becoming the top scorer of the Azerbaijan Premier League with 12 goals. He made his debut in the group stage of European competitions at Qarabağ, also scoring the best goal of the week of the second round of

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Career

Coritiba

Kady Borges started his professional career at Coritiba.

Qarabağ

On 11 June 2021, Qarabağ announced the signing of Kady Borges on a two-year contract, with the option of an additional year, from Vilafranquense. Kady debuted on 26 June, in a friendly match with

Keşlə Keşlə (; Кешлә, کشله; also Keshly, Keshlya, Kəşlə, Keşlä, Kešlæ, Kishly, Kishlya, Kishty, Kişli and Kitly) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 25,626. The Keshla area is becoming main b ...

, during whic he scored his first goal for Qarabağ. Kady Borges made his official debut in Qarabağ on 22 July, during UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying match against

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

. He scored his first goal for Qarabağ in the next UECL match against

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AEL Limassol, in the 87th minute of the match. On August 15, in a match against Zira, he made his official debut in the

. Kady Borges scored his first goal in the Premier League on 25 October, in away game against the

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. He played his debut game in the group stage of a European tournament on 16 September, during a home match against

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. Kady Borges' first goal during an away match against the Cypriot AC Omonia was chosen as the best goal of the week in the second round of the group stage in UECL. This goal was also nominated for the title of the best goal scored in the group stage of the 2021/22 UECL season. He also scored against the

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side

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during the play-off round of UECL. In his debut season, he helped Qarabağ win the

, win the

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and became the top scorer of the Premier League with 12 goals. On 2 August 2022, Kady Borges signed a new five-year contract with Qarabağ.

Krasnodar

On 4 January 2023, Qarabağ and

agreed the transfer of Kady Borges to the Russian club.

Personal life

Born in

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, Kady Borges is of

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descent through his paternal grandfather. He started the naturalization process to gain Polish citizenship in November 2022, with the goal of representing the Poland national team.

Career statistics

Honours

Qarabağ *

: 2021–22 *

: 2021–22 Individual *Azerbaijan Premier League top scorer: 2021–22

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Footballers from Curitiba Brazilian footballers Brazilian people of Polish descent Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Liga Portugal 2 players Azerbaijan Premier League players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Londrina Esporte Clube players Foz do Iguaçu Futebol Clube players G.D. Estoril Praia players U.D. Vilafranquense players Qarabağ FK players FC Krasnodar players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub