Borja San Emeterio

Borja
Personal information
Full name Borja San Emeterio Díaz
Date of birth (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997
Place of birth Sierra de Ibio, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Sevilla B
Number 18
Youth career
Textil Escudo
2007–2015 Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Racing B 10 (1)
2014–2016 Racing Santander 37 (0)
2016– Sevilla B 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Spain U19 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2015
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is San Emeterio and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Borja San Emeterio Díaz (born 16 March 1997), simply known as Borja, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla Atlético as a right back.

Football career

Born in Sierra de Ibio, Mazcuerras, Cantabria,[1] Borja joined Racing de Santander's youth setup in 2007, aged ten.[2] He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2014–15 campaign, in Tercera División.

Borja played his first match as a professional on 16 November, starting in a 0–0 away draw against CD Lugo for the Segunda División championship.[3]

On 16 August 2016, Borja and his brother moved to another reserve team, signing a three-year contract with Sevilla Atlético in the second tier.[4]

Personal life

Borja's twin brother, Fede, is also a footballer. A midfielder, he too was groomed in Racing's youth setup.

Honours

Spain U19

References

  1. ↑ ""Mi debut fue especial y además conseguimos un punto importante", Borja San Emeterio" ["My debut was special and we also got an important point", Borja San Emeterio] (in Spanish). Racing's official website. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "El primer viaje de Fede, el chico para todo" [The first trip of Fede, the kid for everything] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "La victoria que pudo ser y no fue" [The victory which might have been and was not] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Borja y Fede San Emeterio refuerzan al Sevilla Atlético (Borja and Fede San Emeterio bolster Sevilla Atlético); Sevilla FC, 16 August 2016 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Spain see off Russia for seventh Under-19 crown". UEFA.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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