Luis Borja Lázaro Fernández (born 5 April 1988) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Algeciras CF Algeciras Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Algeciras, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1909 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at '' Estadio Nuevo Mirador''. History Fo ...

Football career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

, Lázaro finished his graduation with Scottish club Rangers F.C.'s youth setup. He moved to Sporting de Gijón in the 2008 summer, being immediately assigned to the reserves in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

. In August 2010 Lázaro joined Pontevedra CF, also in the third level. However, after appearing sparingly for the

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ns he moved to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

's CD Puerta Bonita, and later to SD Noja. On 21 July 2012 Lázaro moved to Ontinyent CF. He continued to appear in the third and fourth levels in the following years, representing UB Conquense and

UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home ...

. On 1 July 2014 Lázaro joined CD Leganés, newly promoted to Segunda División. He played his first match as a professional on 24 August, replacing Carlos Álvarez in the 74th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

. Lázaro scored his first professional goals on 7 September 2014, netting a

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in a 3–1 home win against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. He contributed with seven goals in 26 appearances during the 2015–16 campaign, as ''Lega'' achieved promotion to

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for the first time ever. On 16 June 2016, Lázaro signed a three-year deal with

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

also in the second tier. On 6 July of the following year, he agreed to a two-year contract with fellow league team AD Alcorcón. On 19 January 2018, Lázaro was loaned to

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

until June. Upon returning, he terminated his contract on 12 July, and signed for CF Fuenlabrada on 1 August. Lázro contributed with four goals during the season, helping ''Fuenla'' in their first-ever promotion to the second division. On 18 December 2019, he cut ties with the club, and signed for

in division three the following 29 January.

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