Manuel Borja Calvar Simón (born 2 April 1981), known as Capi, is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...

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, Capi graduated from

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues) ...

's youth system, making his senior debut with the reserves in the 2000–01 season in the

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 ...

. Two years later, he joined neighbouring Ponte Ourense CF also in the fourth tier. In the summer of 2003, Capi signed for

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

, being initially assigned to the B side in the

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 ...

. On 25 April 2004 he made his first-team and

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

debut, coming on as a substitute in a 4–4 home draw against

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Eu ...

. He scored his first professional goal the following 6 March, in the 1–0 home victory over

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 ...

. Capi joined Segunda División club

Real Murcia CF Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

in 2006. However, after appearing only once in the first part of the campaign, he moved to Lorca Deportiva CF on loan, signing with

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

six months later also on loan. After a third loan stint, with SD Ciudad de Santiago, he was released in August 2009. In the following years, Capi competed mainly in the third division but also in the fourth, representing Montañeros CF,

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at ' ...

and

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipa ...

.Jorge Rodríguez y Capi, exjugadores de Rácing de Ferrol y Ourense, se suman al Pontevedra 2014–2015 (Jorge Rodríguez and Capi, former players of Rácing de Ferrol and Ourense, join 2014–2015 Pontevedra)
Pontevedra Viva, 17 July 2014 (in Spanish)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capi 1981 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Vigo Men's association football central defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players RC Celta Fortuna players Deportivo Aragón players Real Zaragoza players Real Murcia CF players Lorca Deportiva CF footballers UD Las Palmas players CD Ourense footballers Pontevedra CF footballers