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Borja Garcés
Personal information
Full name	Borja Garcés Moreno
Date of birth	6 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Melilla, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Atlético Madrid
Youth career
	Gimnástico Melilla
2015–2016	Rusadir
2016–2018	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2021	Atlético Madrid B
2018–	Atlético Madrid
2021	→ Fuenlabrada (loan)
2021–2022	→ Leganés (loan)
2022–2023	→ Tenerife (loan)
2023–2024	→ Elche (loan)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Borja Garcés Moreno (born 6 August 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Madrid.

Club career

Born in Melilla, Garcés joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2016, from hometown club CF Rusadir.^[2] He made his unofficial debut for the first team on 22 May 2018, scoring the winner in a 3–2 victory over Nigeria A'.^[3]

Garcés renewed his contract on 4 July 2018 until 2021, being promoted to the reserves in the Segunda División B.^[4] After spending the whole pre-season with the first team, he made his senior debut with the B's on 9 September, playing the last 27 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Unionistas de Salamanca CF.^[5]

On 14 September 2018, Garcés was named in Diego Simeone's squad ahead of a home fixture against SD Eibar, replacing the injured Nikola Kalinić.^[6] He played his first La Liga match the following day; after coming on as a second-half substitute for Rodri, he scored a last-minute equaliser to give the hosts a 1–1 home draw.^[7]

In March 2019, Garcés suffered a serious knee injury which kept him out for six months.^[8] On 15 January 2021, he was loaned to Segunda División side CF Fuenlabrada for the remainder of the season.^[9] He scored his first goal as a professional in a 2–2 home draw with Real Oviedo on 22 February,^[10] adding a brace in the last matchday to help defeat Albacete Balompié 2–1 away.^[11]

On 12 August 2021, Garcés moved to CD Leganés of the same league on a one-year loan.^[12] In October, after he chose to attend the wedding of his brother even though he did not have the club's express permission, manager Asier Garitano said that the player would not appear in any further games for the team as long as he was in charge.^[13]

On 20 July 2022, Garcés joined fellow second-tier CD Tenerife on loan.^[14] In September 2023, he moved to Elche CF also in that division and in a temporary deal.^[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 May 2021^[16]^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Madrid B	2018–19	Segunda División B	19	4	—		—		—		19	4
	2019–20	Segunda División B	13	1	—		—		1^[a]	0	14	1
	2020–21	Segunda División B	7	2	—		—		—		7	2
	Total		39	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	7
Atlético Madrid	2018–19	La Liga	1	1	0	0	0	0	—		1	1
Fuenlabrada (loan)	2020–21	Segunda División	21	6	1	1	—		—		22	7
Career total			61	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	63	15

^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References

^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 26 de enero de 2019, en Madrid" [Minutes of the match held on 26 January 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ G. Fuente, Chema (9 February 2018). "Borja Garcés, la nueva joya de la cantera que llegó desde Melilla" [Borja Garcés, the new pearl of the youth setup who arrived from Melilla]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Colino, Jesús (22 May 2018). "Borja Garcés, el nuevo Niño del Atleti le pide un sitio a Simeone" [Borja Garcés, the new Niño of Atleti asks Simeone for a place]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Calvo, Laura (4 July 2018). "Borja Garcés, otro canterano que renueva con el Atlético" [Borja Garcés, another youth player who renews with Atlético]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "JORNADA 3 | Unionistas CF 1–1 Atlético de Madrid B" [MATCHDAY 3 | Unionistas CF 1–1 Atlético Madrid B] (in Spanish). Unionistas Salamanca. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Vitolo, Kalinic, Arias, Savic to be sidelined in Atletico's clash vs Eibar". EFE. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ McTear, Euan (15 September 2018). "Spoils shared as Oblak-esque Dmitrovic finally beaten by debutant Borja Garces". Marca. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Colino, Jesús (26 March 2019). "Borja Garcés se rompe el cruzado: "Volveré más fuerte"" [Borja Garcés tears the ACL: "I will come back stronger"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "Borja Garcés, nuevo jugador del Fuenla" [Borja Garcés, new player of Fuenla] (in Spanish). CF Fuenlabrada. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ García, Ramón Julio (22 February 2021). "El Oviedo se deja dos puntos en Fuenlabrada" [Oviedo leave two points in Fuenlabrada]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "El CF Fuenlabrada vence 1–2 en casa del Albacete" [CF Fuenlabrada win 1–2 at Albacete]. Sport (in Spanish). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "El C.D. Leganés fortalece su delantera con la llegada de Borja Garcés" [C.D. Leganés bolster their forward lines with the arrival of Borja Garcés] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ Mora, Eduardo (24 October 2021). "Garitano decidió cortar con Garcés pasara lo que pasara ante Tenerife" [Garitano decided to oust Garcés regardless of what happened against Tenerife]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Borja Garcés, nuevo refuerzo ofensivo del CD Tenerife" [Borja Garcés, new attacking addition of CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Acuerdo con el Elche para la cesión de Borja Garcés" [Agreement with Elche for the loan of Borja Garcés] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ Borja Garcés at BDFutbol
^ Borja Garcés at Soccerway