Celso Borges Mora (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθelso ˈβorxes]; born 27 May 1988 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican professional footballer currently playing for AIK in Allsvenskan.
Early years
His father is Alexandre Guimarães.[1] a Brazilian-born, Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer
and coach. He was born in Costa Rica's capital city San José and during
his highschool years he attended Sistema Educativo Saint Clare
Highschool, where he also took part in the school's team. His studies
were often interrupted by his football training and playing outside the
country.
Club career
Saprissa
At the age of 18, Borges made his professional debut for Saprissa on 15 January 2006.[2] He won five national championships with Saprissa.
Fredrikstad FK
On 18 January 2009 Fredrikstad FK sporting director Tor-Kristian Karlsen confirmed that Celso had signed for them, joining on 1 July when Borges's contract expires. Fredrikstad later agreed to pay 1 million kroner (125,000 €) to Deportivo Saprissa so Borges could join the team immediately and play for Fredrikstad, when the season started on 14 April, against the former league champion Stabæk.[3] In March 2011, Borges stated he would leave Fredrikstad during or after the 2011 season.[4]
AIK
On 1 January 2012 it was confirmed that Borges, as a free agent, was to leave Fredrikstad FK signing a three-year contract with the Swedish football club AIK.[5]
He received the vacant number 10 jersey, last worn by Martin Kayongo-Mutumba.
On 1 April 2012 Celso made his first match for AIK, in a match against Mjällby AIF. He made his first goal for the club in the next game, scoring the game-winning goal against Kalmar FF. During the first half of the season Celso was used as a striker by manager Andreas Alm.
But after the summer vacation he dropped down and started playing as a
central midfielder. He finished the season ending up as the team's best
goalscorer.
International career
He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru,
in which he scored a goal and was considered among the best players of
the tournament. After the tournament he was picked as one of 10 players
to watch out for in the future.[6] Borges also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[6]
He scored a brace for Costa Rica during a 3–2 win over Trinidad & Tobago which then led them to top the group in the final round of qualifying to the 2010 World cup.[7]
Costa Rica eventually ended 4th in the group and had to play a play-off
against Uruguay to qualify, which they lost 1–2 on aggregate.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Celso Borges Mora | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | AIK | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2009 | Saprissa | 86 | (7) |
| 2009–2011 | Fredrikstad FK | 76 | (29) |
| 2012– | AIK | 53 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Costa Rica U-17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2007 | Costa Rica U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008– | Costa Rica | 58 | (14) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2013 | |||
