Hernan "Chico" Borja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernan Borja | ||
| Date of birth | August 24, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Quito, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1980 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | New York Cosmos | 48 | (12) |
| 1981–1984 | New York Cosmos (Indoor) | 44 | (36) |
| 1983 | Team America | 17 | (3) |
| 1984 | New York Cosmos | 18 | (5) |
| 1984–1985 | Las Vegas Americans (indoor) | 28 | (24) |
| 1985–1987 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 83 | (84) |
| 1987–1988 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 51 | (48) |
| 1988–1992 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 119 | (90) |
| 1989–1990 | → Albany Capitals (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 1982–1988 | United States | 11 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994 | Houston Hotshots (indoor) | ||
| 1995 | Houston Force | ||
| ?–1998 | Rockhurst University | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hernan “Chico” Borja (born August 24, 1959 in Quito, Ecuador) is a retired U.S.-Ecuadorian soccer player and current soccer coach. He spent time in the several U.S.-based leagues including the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He also earned eleven caps with the U.S. national team.
He has been a resident of Belleville, New Jersey.
He is a resident of Plantation, Florida.
Borja was born in Quito, Ecuador on August 24, 1959. His family immigrated to the United States where he attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where Borja played on the men's soccer team. NJIT plays in the NCAA Division I. In 1980, his senior year, Borja was selected as a Division I First Team All American, the first NJIT men’s soccer player to be named an All American. He finished his career with multiple entries in the NCAA record books for both single game and season scoring. In 1989 the New Jersey Institute of Technology inducted Borja, a 1981 graduate, into its Hall of Fame.
Borja began his professional career as a midfield winger with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in 1981. In his first two years with the team, he played in two NASL championship games, losing the first and winning the second in 1982.
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