Enrique Borja
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Enrique David Borja García (born 30 December 1945) is a Mexican
Mexico
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 football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team
Mexico national football team
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 between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals.

Borja played in two World Cups
FIFA World Cup
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 in 1966 and 1970.

He played club football for Pumas UNAM
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...

 until his transfer to Club América
Club América
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 in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970-1971 (24 goals), in 1971-1972 (26 goals) and in 1972-1973 (20 goals) and was a champion with the club on two occasions (1971 & 1976).

Borja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
The Mexican Federation of Football is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico...

. He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision
Univision
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, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup
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 tournament (June - July 2006), with Fernando Fiore
Fernando Fiore
Fernando Fiore is a Hispanic television sportscaster. He is the host of Republica Deportiva and has anchored Univision's FIFA World Cup coverage in 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010. Previously, he hosted the Univision travel show Fuera de Serie with Sofía Vergara and was the original host of Lente Loco...

, a veteran Univision sports commentator. The October 31, 2007 he signed as club president for Tigres UANL of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team. He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL May 25, 2009.

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