Full name Celso Borges Mora Years Team Weight 82 kg Number 22 Height 1.86 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Celso Borges | |
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Date of birth (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 27) Parents Alexandre Guimaraes, Lina Mora Current teams Costa Rica national football team (Midfielder), Deportivo de La Coruna (#22 / Midfielder) Similar People Bryan Ruiz, Joel Campbell, Cristian Gamboa, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Christian Bolanos Profiles | ||
Place of birth San Jose, Costa Rica | ||
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Celso Borges Mora ([ˈselso ˈβorxes]; (born 27 May 1988) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña and the Costa Rica national team as a central midfielder.
Contents
- Celso borges compilation a i k costa rica 2013
- Costa rica s celso borges exclusive
- Early years
- Saprissa
- Fredrikstad FK
- AIK
- Deportivo
- International career
- Career statistics
- International goals
- Honours
- Personal life
- References
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Early years
His father is Alexandre Guimarães, a Brazilian-born, Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer and coach. He was born in Costa Rica's capital city San José and during his highschool years he attended Sistema Educativo Saint Clare Highschool, where he also took part in the school's team and was taught everything about soccer by Costa Rican football legend don Juan Varela. His studies were often interrupted by his football training and playing outside the country.
Saprissa
At the age of 18, Borges made his professional debut for Saprissa on 15 January 2006. He won five national championships with Saprissa.
Fredrikstad FK
On 18 January 2009 Fredrikstad FK sporting director Tor-Kristian Karlsen confirmed that Celso had signed for them, joining on 1 July when Borges's contract with Saprissa expired. Fredrikstad later agreed to pay 1 million kroner (125,000 €) to Deportivo Saprissa so Borges could join the team immediately and play for Fredrikstad, when the season started on 14 April, against the former league champion Stabæk. In March 2011, Borges stated he would leave Fredrikstad during or after the 2011 season.
AIK
On 1 January 2012 it was confirmed that Borges, as a free agent, was to leave Fredrikstad FK signing a three-year contract with the Swedish football club AIK Stockholm.
He received the vacant number 10 jersey, last worn by Martin Kayongo-Mutumba.
On 1 April 2012 Celso made his first match for AIK, in a match against Mjällby AIF. He got his first goal for the club in the next game, scoring the game-winning goal against Kalmar FF. During the first half of the season Celso was used as a striker by manager Andreas Alm. But after the summer vacation he dropped down and started playing as a central midfielder and subsequently was the team’s first choice in central midfield. He finished the season ending up as the team's best goalscorer.
Deportivo
On 14 January 2015 Celso joined Deportivo de La Coruña, signing with them until the end of the season, with an option of a two-year extension. He scored twice in his first official appearance for Dépor, having started in a 1–2 away win against Rayo Vallecano on 30 January which also marked his La Liga debut.
International career
Borges has earned a total of 94 caps for the Costa Rica national football team, scoring 21 goals. He has represented his country in 35 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. He has also played at the 2011 and 2013 Copa Centroamericana as well as at the 2009, 2011 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
Borges played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru, in which he scored a goal and was considered among the best players of the tournament. After the tournament he was picked as one of ten players to watch out for in the future. Borges also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.
He made his debut for the Costa Rican senior team in a June 2008 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Grenada and, in September of the same year, scored his first international goal against Suriname.
After featuring prominently during the team's unsuccessful 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Borges helped Los Ticos reach the 2014 finals by finishing second in the CONCACAF qualifying zone.
In June 2014, Borges was named in Costa Rica's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. During the round of 16, Borges was the first of five Costa Rican players to successfully convert his kick in a 5–3 penalty shootout defeat of Greece.
Career statistics
As of 14 May 2017International goals
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.Honours
Personal life
Borges is usually considered one of the most educated players of the Costa Rica national football team. El País' Diego Torres described him as "the brain of Costa Rica" and "a gleaned midfielder with elegant diction", while La Nación's Antonio Alfaro called him "the exemplary Costa Rican player." Aside from his native Spanish, Borges can also speak English, Portuguese and Swedish.
Borges is a heavy metal fan, citing Slipknot, Metallica, Dream Theater and Killswitch Engage as his favorite bands. Having learned to play drums as a pastime, he covered System of a Down's "Toxicity" alongside Peruvian musician Kurt Dyer.