Enrique Borja


Enrique David Borja García is a Mexican former football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals. Borja is the sixth all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team.
Honours
Champion with America season 70-71, 75-76

Career

He played club football for Pumas UNAM until his transfer to Club América in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970–1971, in 1971–1972 and in 1972–1973 and was a champion with the club on two occasions.
Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970.
He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against France in the 1966 edition, which ended in a 1–1 draw.

After retirement

Borja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación.
He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament, with Fernando Fiore, a veteran Univision sports commentator.
On 31 October 2007 he signed as club president for Tigres UANL of Mexico after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team. He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL 25 May 2009.

Honors

Club

América

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 May 1966Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico1–01–0Friendly
2.13 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England1–01–11966 FIFA World Cup
3.5 January 1967Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–03–0Friendly
4.5 January 1967Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico3–03–0Friendly
5.6 December 1967Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–12–1Friendly
6.21 May 1968Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–23–3Friendly
7.10 July 1968Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–02–1Friendly
8.10 July 1968Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–02–1Friendly
9.16 October 1968Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia1–01–0Friendly
10.20 October 1968Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–33–3Friendly
11.23 October 1968Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile1–31–3Friendly
12.26 October 1968Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay1–02–0Friendly
13.3 November 1968Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil1–21–2Friendly
14.1 January 1969Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–02–3Friendly
15.22 January 1969Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico3–03–0Friendly
16.22 May 1969Estadio León, León, Mexico1–03–0Friendly
17.22 May 1969Estadio León, León, Mexico2–03–0Friendly
18.18 September 1971Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany1–11–1Friendly
19.30 September 1971Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece1–01–0Friendly
20.6 October 1971Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda1–02–01971 CONCACAF Championship qualification
21.13 October 1971Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–04–01971 CONCACAF Championship qualification
22.5 April 1972Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–12–1Friendly
23.9 August 1972Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–02–3Friendly
24.16 August 1972Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile2–02–0Friendly
25.3 September 1972Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico3–03–11973 CONCACAF Championship qualification
26.12 October 1972Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–03–1Friendly
27.12 October 1972Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–03–1Friendly
28.12 October 1972Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico3–03–1Friendly
29.6 February 1973Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–02–0Friendly
30.8 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti1–01–01973 CONCACAF Championship
31.24 August 1975Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–02–0Friendly