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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1932–2014)}}
{{for|the Portuguese footballer formerly known as Carlos Borges|Carlos Forbs}}
{{family name hatnote|Borges|Galasso|lang=Spanish}}
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| name = Carlos Borges
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| fullname = Carlos Ariel Borges Galasso<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/02041959-chile-uruguay-10.html?m=1 | title=&#91;02/04/1959&#93; Chile-Uruguay &#124; 1:0 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|1|14}}
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|2|5|1932|1|14}}
| death_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| years1 = 1950–1960
| years2 = 1961–1963
| years3 = 1964
| years4 = 1964
| clubs1 = [[Peñarol]]
| clubs2 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing]]
| clubs3 = [[Huracán Buceo]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Atlético Platense]]
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| nationalyears1 = 1954–1959
| nationalteam1 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| nationalcaps1 = 35
| nationalgoals1 = 10
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América|South American Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1956 South American Championship|1956 Uruguay]]|[[1956 South American Championship squads#Uruguay|National Team]]}}
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'''Carlos Ariel Borges Galasso''' (14 January 1932 – 5 February 2014) was a Uruguayan [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay national team]]. He is best known for scoring the first-ever goal in the history of [[Copa Libertadores]]. He is also one of the three Uruguayan footballers ever to score a hat-trick in [[FIFA World Cup]]. He achieved this feat in [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]].<ref>{{FIFA player|46791|Carlos Borges}}</ref>

Borges earned 35 caps and scored 10 goals for the [[Uruguay national football team|national team]] from 1954 to 1959. He represented the nation in the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] in which they finished fourth. He was a part of the squad which won [[1956 South American Championship]] two years later. Borges died on 5 February 2014 at the age of 82.<ref>[http://soccerly.com/article/leigh/author-of-1st-libertadores-cup-goal-dies-at-age-82 First Copa Libertadores Goalscorer Dies at Age 82] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209090234/http://soccerly.com/article/leigh/author-of-1st-libertadores-cup-goal-dies-at-age-82 |date=2014-02-09 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Uruguay Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{Uruguay squad 1955 South American Championship}}
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1956}} 
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)}}

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Montevideo]]
[[Category:Uruguayan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguay men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Peñarol players]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan Primera División players]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Copa América–winning players]]
[[Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina]]


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