Aritz Borda Etxezarreta (born 3 January 1985) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central defender
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.
Club career
Born in
Lasarte-Oria
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,
Gipuzkoa
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, Borda spent his first seven seasons as a senior in the
Segunda División B
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, competing exclusively in his native
Basque Country with the exception of
CD Mirandés
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, which he represented in
2010–11
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, starting in all the league matches he appeared in for the
Castile and León
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side as they fell short in the
promotion playoffs
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.
Borda joined
Recreativo de Huelva
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of
Segunda División
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for
2011–12 campaign. He made his official debut with the
Andalusia
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ns on 7 September 2011, in a 0–2 home loss against
Elche CF
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in
the second round of the
Copa del Rey
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. His league debut arrived on 22 October, as he again played the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 defeat at
AD Alcorcón
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. He scored his first goal as a professional on 13 November, helping to a 4–2 home win over
UD Las Palmas
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.
On 14 June 2012, aged 27, Borda moved abroad for the first time and signed a two-year contract with
Cypriot club
APOEL FC
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. He scored his first goal for his new team on 11 November, the game's only at
Ethnikos Achna FC
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, and won the
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Military
Airborne divisions
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* 1st Guards Airborne Division
Armoured divisions
*1st Armoure ...
in his
first season for the first major accolade of his career.
During
2013–14, Borda made five appearances in
the group stage of the
UEFA Europa League
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, and helped to a
treble conquest of league,
Cup
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and
Super Cup
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. After leaving in June 2014, he went on to play with
Thai Premier League
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's
Muangthong United F.C.
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for a few months.
Borda switched clubs and countries again on 4 February 2015, joining
FC Rapid București
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from the Romanian
Liga I
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. On 13 July he returned to his native country, after agreeing to a one-year deal with
Deportivo Alavés
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.
On 5 July 2016, Borda signed a two-year contract with Australian club
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
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. On 29 July 2017 he left by mutual consent, after an extremely poor start to
the season which saw him give away
penalties and be
sent off
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twice, being subsequently dropped from the squad.
Style of play
Borda was described as a central defender with a very good aerial game. He was strong in the challenge and was a good passer of the ball with both feet; additionally, he was proficient in build up play and had the ability to score goals from
set pieces in attack.
Club statistics
Honours
APOEL
*
Cypriot First Division
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:
2012–13
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,
2013–14[
*]Cypriot Cup
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First held in 1934, it i ...
: 2013–14[
*]Cypriot Super Cup
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: 2013[
Alavés
*]Segunda División
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: 2015–16[
]
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1985 births
Living people
People from Lasarte-Oria
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Real Sociedad B footballers
Real Unión footballers
Athletic Bilbao B footballers
CD Mirandés footballers
Recreativo de Huelva players
Deportivo Alavés players
Burgos CF footballers
Cypriot First Division players
APOEL FC players
Aritz Borda
Aritz Borda
Liga I players
FC Rapid București players
A-League Men players
Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
21st-century Spanish sportsmen