Humberlito Borges
Borges with São Paulo in 2008
Personal information
Full name Humberlito Borges Teixeira[1]
Date of birth (1980-10-05) October 5, 1980[1]
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Arapongas 5 (2)
2002 Inter de Bebedouro 2 (4)
2003 Jataiense 12 (6)
2004 São Caetano 6 (0)
2005 Paysandu 9 (0)
2005 União São João 18 (12)
2005 Paraná 36 (19)
2006 Vegalta Sendai 41 (26)
2007–2009 São Paulo 84 (27)
2010–2011 Grêmio 13 (3)
2011–2012 Santos 34 (23)
2012–2014 Cruzeiro 75 (28)
2015 Ponte Preta 31 (6)
2016 América Mineiro 16 (2)
Total 382 (158)
International career
2011 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Humberlito Borges Teixeira or simply Borges (born October 5, 1980), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

União São João

Before coming to União São João started by clubs without much expression. He played extremely well, showing his football for the whole of Brazil, so he was hired by Paraná.

Jataiense

Borges had a brief spell in Jataiense, he pointed out a lot in Campeonato Goiano.

Vegalta Sendai

In 2006 Borges attracted the attention of Japanese team Vegalta Sendai. Whilst playing for them, he was top scorer in the J2 League for 2006.

São Paulo

After his success in Japan, Borges was hired by São Paulo in 2007. In the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A that year, he was one of three top scorers of São Paulo with 7 goals. The other two were Dagoberto and goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni. Sao Paulo won the Brazilian championship for the second year running.

In 2008, Borges scored 10 goals in the championship for São Paulo who won for the third year in a row. Borges scored five goals less than the top striker of the year, Alex Mineiro of Palmeiras.

On November 8, Borges scored his first hat-trick in São Paulo's shirt. He achieved this in a match against Portuguesa at the Estádio do Canindé. This season, he scored 16 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

In 2009, Borges was the top scorer of São Paulo in the Copa Libertadores.

Grêmio

The player was presented by the Guild on January 5, 2010 along with Leandro, William and Maurice. The player has trained with the group and traveled with the delegation towards pre-season in the city of Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul in the mountains. Debuted for Gremio in the first round of the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho in the game against Pelotas, Estádio Boca do Lobo in Pelotas. It began as the holder of the attack, along with former teammate Leandro Sao Paulo. The game ended 3-2 to the Guild, and Borges scored the tie of the tricolor when the match was 2-1 to Pelotas. The other goals were Jonas (penalty) and Maylson.

At the premiere of Gremio in Brazil Cup 2010, against the Araguaia Atlético Clube, Borges scored two goals, being decisive for the classification of the Guild to advance the next phase. His first goal in Grenal occurred on April 25, 2010, valid for the 1st game of the finals of the Gaucho, 2010. He has played a Grenal for Gremio in the first round of the Cup Fernando Carvalho (1st round of the Gaucho ) but did not score. His goal was the second victory in the Tri 2-0 at Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre.

Santos

On May 23, 2011, the boards of Santos and Gremio confirmed the transfer of the striker to the team from São Paulo. In his smash debut, Borges scored two goals in a 3-1 victory over Avai. And he scored a goal late in the game between Cruzeiro and Santos, which was won by a score of 1-0.

Having not played for Gremio played the finals of the Libertadores (Santos left the champion), but remained well in the matches for the national championship, with the absolute owner Santos 9 shirt. He was now Brasileirão top scorer with 23 goals in 29 games reaching the mark of Serginho Chulapa, which lasted 28 years (since 1983). He came to be compared with the Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o.

Cruzeiro

On his debut for Cruzeiro, Borges scored against his previous club, Santos in a competitive game in the Brasil Série A.

Internatıonal career

As reward for his great form at Santos in 2011 as top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Borges was called up on September 22, 2011 for the second game against Argentina in the Superclásico, South American's greatest football grudge match.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2006Vegalta SendaiJ2 League4126214327
CountryJapan 4126214327
2011Santos FCSérie A3123003123
Brazil 3123003123
Total 4832215033

Honours

Club

São Paulo

Grêmio

Santos

Cruzeiro

América Mineiro

  • Campeonato Mineiro: 2016

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
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