Carlos Borges

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Carlos Borges
Personnel
Surname Carlos Ariel Borges
birthday January 14, 1932
place of birth Uruguay
date of death 5th February 2014
Place of death Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size 1.66 m
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Peñarol
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1946-1960 Peñarol
1961-1963 Racing Club de Avellaneda at least 13 (9)
1963 Peñarol
1964 Platense 15 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1954-1959 Uruguay 35 (10)
1 Only league games are given.

Carlos Ariel Borges , according to other sources Carlos Luis Borges (born January 14, 1932 , † February 5, 2014 in Montevideo ), was a Uruguayan football player .

society

"Lucho" Borges, who came from the youth department of Club Atlético Peñarol , played a total of 15 seasons, 14 of them in a row in the period from 1946 to 1960, in Montevideo with the Aurinegros in the Primera División . During his time at Peñarol, the left winger won the Uruguayan championship in 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959 and 1960 and the Copa Campeones de América , the forerunner of the Copa Libertadores, in 1960 . Borges was on April 19, 1960 in the encounter against the Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann in the Estadio Centenario, the first ever goal scorer in this newly introduced competition. He then moved to Argentina, where he was in the ranks of the Racing Club de Avellaneda from 1961 to 1963 . There he won the Argentine championship title for his club in 1961. In 1963 he returned to Peñarol. In 1964 he joined the Platense, which competed in the Primera B Zona Norte .

National team

In 35 international matches between May 23, 1954 and April 2, 1959, he scored ten goals for Uruguay . In 1956 he took part in the Campeonato Sudamericano with the Celeste and became South American champion. Borges played his only World Cup tournament in Switzerland in 1954 . He managed a hat trick in the 7-0 win against Scotland .

successes

  • 1 × South American Champion (1956)
  • 1 × Copa Campeones de América (1960)
  • 7 × Uruguayan champions (1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959 and 1960)
  • 1 × Argentine champion (1961)

Others

On July 10, 1963, Borges was on board the ship (Vapor de la Carrera) "Ciudad de Asunción", which ran between Buenos Aires and Montevideo and sank that day. He survived the accident by clinging to a piece of wooden furniture for several hours and also saved a seven-year-old child.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adiós al mítico “Lucho” Borges, author del primer gol en la historia de la Libertadores (Spanish) at www.peñarol.org, accessed on February 6, 2014
  2. ↑ First Copa Libertadores Goalscorer Dies at Age 82. ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary on soccerly.com dated February 5, 2014, accessed February 6, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / soccerly.com
  3. ↑ El adiós al autor del primer gol en la historia de la Copa Libertadores ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on February 5, 2014, accessed on February 6, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ovaciondigital.com.uy
  4. ↑ Adiós al mítico “Lucho” Borges, author del primer gol en la historia de la Libertadores (Spanish) at www.peñarol.org, accessed on February 6, 2014
  5. ↑ Profile on www.playerhistory.com ( Memento from March 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 27, 2012
  6. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on October 27, 2012
  7. ↑ Tournament page on Campeonato Sudamericano 1956 on rsssf.com , accessed on October 27, 2012
  8. ↑ El adiós al autor del primer gol en la historia de la Copa Libertadores ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on February 5, 2014, accessed on February 6, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ovaciondigital.com.uy
  9. ↑ Cuento sobre hazaña de Carlos Borges (Spanish) at www.tenfield.com.uy from February 5, 2014, accessed on February 6, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Borges, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Borges, Carlos Ariel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 2014
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay