Celso Borges
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Celso Borges Mora | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Saprissa | 86 | (7) |
| 2009–2012 | Fredrikstad FK | 76 | (29) |
| 2012–2015 | AIK | 79 | (22) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2015– | Deportivo La Coruña | 46 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Costa Rica U-17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2007 | Costa Rica U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008– | Costa Rica | 97 | (21) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Celso Borges Mora (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈselso ˈβorxes]; (born 27 May 1988) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña and the Costa Rica national team as a central midfielder.
His father is Alexandre Guimarães, a Brazilian-born, Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer and coach. He was born in Costa Rica's capital city San José and during his highschool years he attended Sistema Educativo Saint Clare Highschool, where he also took part in the school's team and was taught everything about soccer by Costa Rican football legend don Juan Varela. His studies were often interrupted by his football training and playing outside the country.
At the age of 18, Borges made his professional debut for Saprissa on 15 January 2006. He won five national championships with Saprissa.
On 18 January 2009 Fredrikstad FK sporting director Tor-Kristian Karlsen confirmed that Celso had signed for them, joining on 1 July when Borges's contract with Saprissa expired. Fredrikstad later agreed to pay 1 million kroner (125,000 €) to Deportivo Saprissa so Borges could join the team immediately and play for Fredrikstad, when the season started on 14 April, against the former league champion Stabæk. In March 2011, Borges stated he would leave Fredrikstad during or after the 2011 season.
On 1 January 2012 it was confirmed that Borges, as a free agent, was to leave Fredrikstad FK signing a three-year contract with the Swedish football club AIK Stockholm.
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