Josh Borja

Last updated
Joshua Andrew Borja
Josh Borja.JPG
Personal information
Full name Joshua Andrew Borja
Date of birth (1990-08-01) 1 August 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth San Diego, United States
Position Defender
Youth career
–2007 Albion SC
2009 Los Angeles Galaxy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Chico State Wildcats 38 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Orange County Blue Star 0 (0)
2012–2020 SoCal Elite
International career
2009–2013 Guam 15 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joshua Andrew Borja (born 1 August 1990 [1] ) is an American born Guamanian former footballer who played as a defender.

Contents

Club career

Borja started with soccer at Albion SC in San Diego and played for the youth team until 2007.

He then played in the U.S. Development Academy with the Los Angeles Galaxy U‑18s in 2009. [2] While in high school, he also competed on the varsity soccer team as a freshman for the West Hills Wolf Pack and was a four‑year varsity player at West Hills High School in Santee, San Diego County, California. He joined Chico State Wildcats after graduating in 2009 and he scored once in two seasons.

After college, he joined USL Premier Development League club Orange County Blue Star for the 2011 season without making a single appearance. [3] He then joined SoCal Elite in spring 2012, [4] where he would play until retiring in 2020. [3]

International career

He has been capped fifteen times for the Guam national football team and played from 2009 to 2013. [5] [3] He was first called up to represent Guam during 2010 East Asian Football Championship, and he debuted during the 1–0 victory against Mongolia on 11 March 2009. [6] He scored all five of his goals for Guam during this tournament. [3]

He also played at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup before retiring after a 2–0 friendly win against Cambodia on 19 November 2013. [3]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [3]
ClubSeasonLeague
DivisionAppsGoals
Chico State Wildcats 2009N/A181
2010200
Orange County Blue Star 2011 PDL Southwest Division 00
Career total381

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guam 200965
201000
201100
201280
201310
Total155
Scores and results listGuam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Borja goal. [3]
List of international goals scored by Josh Borja
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 March 2009 Leo Palace Resort, Yona, Guam2Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 2–02–1 2010 East Asian Football Championship
2.15 March 20093Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2–22–2
3.23 August 2009 World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1–02–9
4.25 August 20095Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 1–02–4
5.2–0

Honours

Orange County Blue Star

References

  1. ↑ "Borja, Joshua - SoCal Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
  2. ↑ The Galaxy's Guam Connection [ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Josh Borja at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ SoCal Premier Soccer League
  5. ↑ 4 California players make Guam National Mens Team Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Guam 1–0 Mongolia" (PDF). East Asian Football Federation. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Orange County Blue Star (2011)". National Football Teams.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.