Félix Borja

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Personal information
Félix Borja
Full name	Félix Alexander Borja Valencia
Date of birth	April 2, 1983 (age 24)
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Ecuador
Height	180 cm
Nickname	Cobra, Kangaroo
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Olympiacos CFP
Number	18
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2006-	El Nacional Olympiacos CFP	73 (24) 4 (2)
National team²
2005-	Ecuador	8 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 3 August, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born April 2, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer who currently plays for Olympiacos CFP.

He is a forward and was included in the Ecuadorian national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite his relative inexperience. He played in several of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for the Ecuadorian national team. He made only one appearance for his country on the world's biggest stage against Germany, where they lost 3-0.

Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador. His transfer to Greek league champions Olympiacos made him the first Ecuadorian player to play for a Greek team.

Borja was declared Copa Libertadores de América's joint top goalscorer two months after his transfer to Olympiacos.

He is nicknamed the "kangaroo", for the spring in his jump. His height makes it easy to score goals for his club and country.

	Ecuador squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Villafuerte \| 2 Guagua \| 3 Hurtado \| 4 de la Cruz \| 5 Perlaza \| 6 Urrutia \| 7 Lara \| 8 Méndez \| 9 Borja \| 10 Kaviedes \| 11 Delgado \| 12 Mora \| 13 Ambrosi \| 14 Castillo \| 15 Ayoví \| 16 Valencia \| 17 Espinoza \| 18 Reasco \| 19 Saritama \| 20 E. Tenorio \| 21 C. Tenorio \| 22 Lanza \| 23 Benítez \| Coach: Suárez

Olympiacos - Current Squad
2 Patsatzoglou \| 3 Domi \| 6 Stoltidis \| 7 Castillo \| 8 Marić \| 9 Okkas \| 10 Rivaldo \| 11 Đorđević \| 14 Żewłakow \| 16 Né \| 17 Taralidis \| 18 Borja \| 21 Georgatos \| 22 Bulut \| 23 Konstantinou \| 28 Mendrinos \| 30 Pantos \| 32 Anatolakis \| 35 Torosidis \| 36 Fakinos \| 40 Babangida \| 55 Correa \| 71 Nikopolidis \| 74 Butina \| 77 Pappas \| 87 Panagopoulos \| Manager: Lemonis