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José Antonio Ñíguez Vicente (born 30 September 1962), known as Boria, is a Spanish former professional
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who played as a striker. He spent most of his senior career with
Elche Elche (, ; , , , ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2024's data, Elche has a population of 234,800 inhabitants,
, with which he appeared in all three major levels of Spanish football for a total of ten seasons.


Career

Born in
Elche Elche (, ; , , , ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2024's data, Elche has a population of 234,800 inhabitants,
,
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, Boria played mainly for local
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. He made his senior debut at only 18 and competed almost exclusively in the
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, scoring a career-best 13 goals in 33 games in the 1983–84 season to help the club to return to
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after a six-year absence. Boria featured much less the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation. His first match in the top flight was on 1 September 1984 in a 1–0
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home loss against
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, and netted his only goal in the competition on 7 October that year, contributing decisively to a 2–1 away win over
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. Boria achieved another promotion to the top tier with the ''Franjiverdes'' in
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, but never played in that tier again, seeing out his professional career in 1990 after spells with
CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...
and
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. The following year he re-joined Elche, now in the
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.


Personal life

Boria's three sons,
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, Jonathan and Saúl, are also footballers.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boria 1962 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Elche Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Elche CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers UE Figueres footballers Cartagena FC players CD Mensajero players