Christian Borrego Isabel (born 5 October 1996), commonly known as Chiki, is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a winger.

Club career

Chiki was born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, and represented

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves during the 2015–16 season, scoring 10 goals as the club achieved promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 19 June 2017, Chiki signed for

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

side

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish professional football club in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with a capacity of 3,800 seats. ...

. On 27 July of the following year, after featuring sparingly, he moved to

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

and was assigned to the B-team also in the third tier. Chiki left Sporting on 26 June 2020, and joined

UE Cornellà Unió Esportiva Cornellà, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S. A. D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home gam ...

still in the third division on 4 August. On 11 July 2022, after scoring a career-best 15 goals in the previous campaign, he agreed to a contract with

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

, freshly relegated to

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

. On 6 July 2023, after being a regular starter for during the season as his side returned to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

at first attempt, Chiki renewed his link with ''Alkor'' for a further year. He made his professional debut on 14 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for

Koldo Obieta Koldo Obieta Alberdi (born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Unión. Club career Born in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Obieta finished his formation with hometown side Gernika Club. Aft ...

in a 4–0 away loss to

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

. Chiki scored his first professional goal on 11 September 2023, netting a last-minute equalizer in a 2–2 away draw against

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Segunda División, and holds home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which has a ...

. The following 3 July, after Alcorcón's

relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

, he joined

also in division two.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiki 1996 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players CD Leganés B players CF Rayo Majadahonda players Sporting de Gijón B players UE Cornellà players AD Alcorcón footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen