Carlos Castro Borja

Carlos Castro Borja
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja
Date of birth	August 1, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	defender
Youth career
1986	Real Destroyer
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986	ADET
1987	Chalatenango
1988–1993	Atlético Marte
1994	Grazer AK
1995–1997	FAS
1998	Zacapa
1999–2000	Luis Ángel Firpo
2001–2003	San Salvador F.C.
International career‡
1989–2000	El Salvador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2011

Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja (born August 1, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

His position was defender.

Club career

In 1985, he became part of Destroyer in the B League and in 1986 made his Premier League debut with ADET and then transferred to C.D. Chalatenango to play alongside figures like Mauricio Cienfuegos, Carlos "Carlanga" Rivera and Edgar "Kiko" Henriquez. Then he campaigned with C.D. Atlético Marte where he gained prominence and was named to the national squad. He was also named Most Valuable Player in the first division for Atlético Marte in 1990.

Played also in C.D. FAS, Zacapa of Guatemala, C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo, C.D. Águila and played in Austria with Grazer AK in the Second Bundesliga and finally with San Salvador F.C.^[1]

International career

Also in 1985 he formed part of a selection of youth who participated in a tournament in Trinidad and Tobago and then at the Central American Games held in Guatemala.

Castro Borja was a symbol within the national team in the years of 1992 to 1997. He is still remembered as one of the most passionate players who defended his national colors. He had great physical stamina, his sweeper skills were to be admired and also caused problems for rival strikers. He participated in the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cup qualification campaign.^[2] He scored the winner against Mexico in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, which was the first time El Salvador had defeated Mexico in several years.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 February 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	United States	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
2	19 July 1992	Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua	Nicaragua	3-0	5-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	23 July 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Nicaragua	1-0	5-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	23 July 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Nicaragua	3-0	5-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	4 April 1993	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Mexico	1–0	2–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	23 July 2000	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–1	7–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Retirement

After finishing his football career with San Salvador FC, he traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he currently resides with his family and is responsible for the school of soccer run by Cruz Azul.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1991	Atlético Marte	CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
1994–1995	C.D. FAS	Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Clausura 1999	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Clausura 2000	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

References

^ "TONY SACA NO CREÍA PORQUÉ ME DECÍAN PAPO" (Carlos Castro Borja)^{[permanent dead link]} - Masconazo (in Spanish)
^ Carlos Castro Borja – FIFA competition record (archived)

External links

Carlos Castro Borja at National-Football-Teams.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20071011011239/http://www.wilmellaw.com/DisplayPage.php?PageID=6025&PID=15

[1] "TONY SACA NO CREÍA PORQUÉ ME DECÍAN PAPO" (Carlos Castro Borja)^{[permanent dead link]} - Masconazo (in Spanish)

[2] Carlos Castro Borja – FIFA competition record (archived)

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