Ramiro Borja

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Ramiro Borja
Personal information
Full name Ramiro A. Borja M.
Date of birth (1961-08-28) August 28, 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Quito, Ecuador
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1980 Rutgers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Memphis Storm (indoor)
1987–1988 Los Angeles Lazers 11 (1)
1988–1989 Memphis Storm (indoor)
1989–1991 Albany Capitals
International career
1992 Puerto Rico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramiro Borja is a retired Ecuadorean-American soccer player. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and American Professional Soccer League.

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Borja, brother of Chico Borja, [1] was raised in Belleville, New Jersey, and played prep soccer at Belleville High School. [2] He attended Rutgers University, playing for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team in 1979 and 1980. [3] In 1986, Borja signed with the Memphis Storm of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1987, he moved to the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League, but was back with the Storm a year later. In 1989, he moved outdoors with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League. [4] He played three seasons with the Capitals, the last two in the American Professional Soccer League. [5] He was 1991 First Team All League.

International

Borja competed for the Puerto Rico national football team during Puerto Rico's qualification games for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [6]

References

  1. OH, BROTHER! BORJAS SPARK CAPITALS, 4-2
  2. "NJAC tourney resumes today", Herald News , May 14, 1990. Accessed February 7, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Former Belleville High School standout Ramiro Borja notched a goal and an assist in the first half to lead the Albany Capitals to a 2-0 win over the New Jersey Eagles in an American Professional Soccer League game at Bleecker Stadium in Albany Saturday night."
  3. Rutgers Men’s Soccer Letterwinners Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1989 Albany Capitals
  5. 1991 Albany Capitals
  6. Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico (March 21, 1992), 11v11.com; accessed October 16, 2016.