Aritz Borda

Aritz Borda Etxezarreta (born 3 January 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Unión as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borda and the second or maternal family name is Etxezarreta.

Aritz Borda
Personal information
Full name Aritz Borda Etxezarreta
Date of birth (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985[1]
Place of birth Lasarte-Oria, Spain[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Real Unión
Youth career
Lizeo Santo Tomás
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Real Sociedad B 59 (3)
2003–2004 → Univ. País Vasco (loan)
2007–2008 → Real Unión (loan) 17 (1)
2008–2010 Bilbao Athletic 56 (6)
2010–2011 Mirandés 32 (1)
2011–2012 Recreativo 24 (2)
2012–2014 APOEL 35 (2)
2014–2015 Muangthong United 11 (1)
2015 Rapid București 7 (0)
2015–2016 Alavés 10 (0)
2016–2017 Western Sydney Wanderers 14 (1)
2017–2019 Burgos 62 (1)
2019– Real Unión 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020

Club career

Born in Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa, Borda spent his first seven seasons as a senior in the third division, competing exclusively in his native Basque Country with the exception of CD Mirandés, which he represented in 2010–11, starting in all the league matches he appeared in for the Castile and León side as they fell short in the promotion playoffs.[2]

Borda joined Recreativo de Huelva of the second level for 2011–12 campaign.[3] He made his official debut with the Andalusians on 7 September 2011, in a 0–2 home loss against Elche CF in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[4] His league debut arrived on 22 October, as he again played the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 defeat at AD Alcorcón;[5] he scored his first goal as a professional on 13 November, helping to a 4–2 home win over UD Las Palmas.[6]

On 14 June 2012, aged 27, Borda moved abroad for the first time and signed a two-year contract with Cypriot club APOEL FC.[7] He scored his first goal for his new team on 11 November, netting the game's only at Ethnikos Achna FC,[8] and won the First Division in his first season for the first major accolade of his career.

During 2013–14, Borda appeared in five games in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, and helped to a treble conquest of league,[9] Cup[10] and Super Cup.[11] After leaving in June 2014, he went on to play with Thai Premier League's Muangthong United F.C. for a few months.[12]

Borda switched clubs and countries again on 4 February 2015, joining FC Rapid București from the Romanian Liga I.[13] On 13 July he returned to his native country, after agreeing to a one-year deal with Deportivo Alavés.[14]

On 5 July 2016, Borda signed a two-year contract with Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers FC.[15] On 29 July 2017 he left by mutual consent,[16] after an extremely poor start to the season which saw him give away penalties and be sent off twice, being subsequently dropped from the squad. His only match after was the final game of the season when the Wanderers rested several other players prior to starting the finals play-offs.[17][18]

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.[19]

Club statistics
As of 6 October 2015[20][21]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[nb 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2004–05 Segunda División B 50————50
2005–06 Segunda División B 280———10290
2006–07 Segunda División B 263————263
Total 593———10603
Real Unión 2007–08 Segunda División B 17130———201
Bilbao Athletic 2008–09 Segunda División B 243————243
2009–10 Segunda División B 323————323
Total 566————566
Athletic Bilbao 2009–10 La Liga 0000———00
Mirandés 2010–11 Segunda División B 311———10321
Recreativo 2011–12 Segunda División 24110———251
APOEL 2012–13 Cypriot First Division 24220—60—322
2013–14 Cypriot First Division 11040—5000200
Total 35260—11000522
Muangthong United 2014 Thai Premier League 11100———111
Rapid Bucuresti 2014–15 Liga I 7000———70
Alavés 2015–16 Segunda División 1010———20
Career total 24115110—1102026515

Honours

APOEL

Alavés

References
  1. "Aritz Borda". Eurosport. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. Cervantes, Bonifacio (26 June 2011). "El Guadalajara recurre a la épica para ascender a Segunda" [Guadalajara resort to epics to promote to Segunda]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. "Bordá [sic] considera que llegar al Decano supone "dar un paso" en su carrera" [Borda considers that arriving at the Dean is "a step forward" in his career] (in Spanish). Huelva Información. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. Galván, José Carlos (8 September 2011). "Palanca invita a otra ronda" [Palanca buys another round]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. "'This is Santo Domingo'". Marca (in Spanish). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. Hernando, Álvaro (13 November 2011). "El Recre gana entre fallos" [Recre win in-between fails]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. "Προκαταρκτική Συμφωνία με Aritz Borda" [Agreement with Aritz Borda] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  8. "ETHN. AXNAS 0–1 APOEL FC". APOEL FC. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  9. Leonidou, John (31 May 2014). "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  10. ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0–2 ΑΠΟΕΛ [Εrmis Αradippou 0–2 ΑPOEL] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. "APOEL FC 1–0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  12. "Aritz Borda se aventura en el fútbol tailandés tras dos años en Chipre" [Aritz Borda sails toward Thai football after two years in Cyprus] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  13. "Rapid l-a transferat pe bascul Aritz Borda, de două ori campion în Cipru cu APOEL" [Rapid signs Basque Aritz Borda, champion in Cyprus twice with APOEL] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  14. "El conjunto albiazul incorpora al defensa Aritz Borda" [White-and-blue outfit adds defender Aritz Borda] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  15. "Wanderers sign Spanish defender". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. "Wanderers end Borda's A-League spell". Special Broadcasting Service. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  17. Smithies, Tom (7 January 2017). "Red cards are hurting Wanderers' season, Tony Popovic admits". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  18. Huguenin, Michael (10 January 2017). "Western Sydney's Borda banned for 3 matches". Goal. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  19. Duerden, John (7 July 2016). "Who is Wanderers' new Spanish signing?". A-League. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  20. "Borda: Aritz Borda Etxezarreta". BDFutbol. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  21. "Borda". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

Notes
  1. Includes Cypriot Super Cup and promotion to La Liga play-offs matches.
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