Carlos Fernando Borja Bolívar (born December 25, 1956 in Cochabamba) is a retired Bolivian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

At club level Borja was a one club man playing his entire club career for Bolívar, where he won eleven Bolivian league titles. He played in more than 530 games, and scored 129 league goals for Bolívar making him the 3rd highest goalscorer in the history of the club. He also played in 87

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

games scoring 11 goals for ''La Academia''. He is remembered as one of the most important players in the history of the club.

International career

He was capped 88 times and scored one international goal for the Bolivia national team between 1979 and 1995, including three matches at the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. He scored his only goal for Bolivia in a

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

on June 23, 1987 in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

against

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

(2-1 loss).

Later life

He has become a well-known politician and has served in the management of sports for Bolivia, following his retirement. His time of politics included a house of representatives position at one point in time.

Honours

* Bolivian League Championship: 11 :: 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997 ( Bolívar )

References

External links

*

Copa Libertadores * List of one-club men in association football, One-club man 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Cochabamba Bolivian footballers Club Bolívar players Association football midfielders Bolivia international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1979 Copa América players 1983 Copa América players 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players {{Bolivia-footy-midfielder-stub