Carlos Ariel Borges (14 January 1932 – 5 February 2014) was a Uruguayan

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who played for Uruguay national team. He is best known for scoring the first ever goal in the history of Copa Libertadores. He is also one of the three Uruguayan footballers ever to score a hat-trick in

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. He achieved this feat in

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against

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. Borges earned 35 caps and scored 10 goals for the

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from 1954 to 1959. He represented the nation in the

, in which they finished fourth. He was part of the squad which won

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two years later. Borges died on 5 February 2014 at the age of 82.First Copa Libertadores Goalscorer Dies at Age 82

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