Borja Bastón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Tomás.
Borja Bastón
Borja with Eibar in 2016
Personal information
Full name Borja González Tomás[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[2]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 9
Youth career
1996–2009 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Atlético Madrid B 37 (16)
2010–2016 Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
2011–2012 → Murcia (loan) 20 (4)
2012–2013 → Huesca (loan) 31 (9)
2013–2014 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 34 (10)
2014–2015 → Zaragoza (loan) 38 (22)
2015–2016 → Eibar (loan) 36 (18)
2016–2020 Swansea City 38 (7)
2017–2018 → Málaga (loan) 20 (2)
2018–2019 → Alavés (loan) 27 (5)
2020 Aston Villa 2 (0)
2020–2021 Leganés 35 (5)
2021–2024 Oviedo 111 (40)
2024– Pachuca 3 (0)
International career
2008 Spain U16 3 (6)
2008–2009 Spain U17 22 (12)
2010 Spain U18 2 (1)
2011 Spain U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:07, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Borja González Tomás (born 25 August 1992), known as Borja Bastón, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Pachuca.

Trained at Atlético Madrid, he spent much of his tenure out on loan and with Atlético Madrid B, this included successful spells at Deportivo and Zaragoza in the Segunda División and Eibar in La Liga. In 2016 he signed with Swansea City, being loaned twice during his contract.

Borja earned 29 caps and scored 19 goals for Spain at youth level, finishing as top scorer at the 2009 U-17 World Cup and winning the European Under-19 Championship two years later.

Club career

Atlético Madrid

Born in Madrid, Bastón arrived in his hometown club Atlético Madrid's youth system at the age of four. He began as a goalkeeper, the position which his father played professionally, but he converted him to a forward so that he could enjoy the game more.[3] He made his senior debut in the 2009–10 season, scoring 12 goals for the reserve team in the Segunda División B.[4]

On 15 May 2010, in the campaign's last round, Bastón made his first-team and La Liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Tiago in the 58th minute of the match against Getafe. Twenty minutes later, however, he was stretchered off with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury on his left knee, in an eventual 0–3 home loss.[5]

Bastón re-appeared with Atlético B seven months after his injury, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Cacereño. After the match, he stated: "I'm very happy. I've had a really bad time and I've suffered, but now I'm prepared to help the team go up in the table."[6]

In late August 2011 Bastón was loaned to Real Murcia, recently promoted to Segunda División.[7] On 30 August of the following year he moved to Huesca also in a temporary deal,[8] scoring nine times for the latter club during the season as it ended in relegation. On 27 January 2013, he netted in a 2–1 victory at Numancia but was also sent off for a second yellow card.[9]

On 28 August 2013, Bastón joined Deportivo de La Coruña on a two-year loan.[10][11] After helping his team return to the top flight at the first attempt, he moved to Real Zaragoza in the same league also in a temporary deal,[12] scoring 22 goals in the regular season, contributing to his team's run to the promotion play-off final and earning a spot in the Team of the Season.[13]

Bastón was loaned to Eibar of the top tier on 31 July 2015.[14] He scored his first goals in the competition on 23 September, helping to a 2–2 draw at Levante.[15] He was named the La Liga Player of the Month for October, for his goals against Las Palmas, Sevilla and Barcelona.[16]

Swansea City

On 11 August 2016, Swansea City signed Bastón on a four-year contract for a club record fee of £15.5 million.[17][18] He made his debut in the Premier League on 18 September under Francesco Guidolin, replacing Jack Cork for the final eight minutes of a 1–0 loss at Southampton.[19] He scored his first goal on 15 October again off the bench, in a 3–2 defeat away to Arsenal in new manager Bob Bradley's first game in charge.[20]

Having started just four matches and having not contributed any more goals as the Swans avoided relegation, Bastón entered talks in May 2017 with manager Paul Clement and the board of directors over his future.[21] On 4 July 2017, he was loaned to Málaga in the Spanish top division for one year;[22] both sides were eventually relegated.[23][24]

Bastón was loaned again on 16 July 2018, joining Alavés.[25] Back at Swansea for the 2019–20 season, he scored his first goal for them since 2016 in a 2–1 win against Hull City in the first league fixture on 3 August 2019.[26]

Aston Villa

On 31 January 2020, Bastón joined Aston Villa on a free transfer, leaving Swansea six months before the end of his contract in order to remove himself from their wage bill.[27][28] Sixteen days after signing, he made his debut as a late substitute in a 3–2 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.[29]

Bastón was released on 25 June 2020.[30]

Leganés and Oviedo

On 6 September 2020, Bastón agreed to a one-year deal with Leganés, recently relegated to the second tier.[31] On 11 August 2021, he moved to Real Oviedo of the same league on a two-year contract.[32] He was crowned top scorer in his debut campaign with 22 goals, alongside Girona's Cristhian Stuani.[33]

International career

Bastón represented Spain's under-17 at the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria. As the national team finally finished in third position he won the Golden Boot with five goals, with teammate Sergi Roberto adding three.[34]

With the under-19 team, Bastón won the 2011 UEFA European Championship in Romania, but was a support player in a side favouring Álvaro Morata and Juanmi.[35][36]

Personal life

Bastón's father, Miguel Bastón, was also a footballer. A goalkeeper, he also played with Atlético – but only with their reserves – and spent most of his career with Real Burgos.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022[37][38]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Madrid B 2009–10 Segunda División B 23 12 — — — 23 12
2010–11 Segunda División B 14 4 — — — 14 4
Total 37 16 — — — 37 16
Atlético Madrid 2009–10 La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2010–11 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Murcia (loan) 2011–12 Segunda División 20 4 1 0 — — 21 4
Huesca (loan) 2012–13 Segunda División 31 9 1 0 — — 32 9
Deportivo (loan) 2013–14 Segunda División 34 10 0 0 — — 34 10
Zaragoza (loan) 2014–15 Segunda División 38 22 1 0 — 1[a] 0 40 22
Eibar (loan) 2015–16 La Liga 36 18 3 1 — — 39 19
Swansea City 2016–17 Premier League 18 1 1 0 1 0 — 20 1
2019–20 Championship 20 6 0 0 0 0 — 20 6
Total 38 7 1 0 1 0 — 40 7
Málaga (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 20 2 2 0 — — 22 2
Alavés (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 27 5 2 0 — — 29 5
Aston Villa 2019–20 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Leganés 2020–21 Segunda División 35 5 2 0 — 1[a] 0 38 5
Oviedo 2021–22 Segunda División 40 22 0 0 — — 40 22
Career total 359 120 13 1 1 0 2 0 375 121
  1. ^ a b Appearances in La Liga play-offs

Honours

Spain U17

Spain U19

Individual

References

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