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{{short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1967)}}
{{other people|Carlos Castro}}
{{family name hatnote|Castro|Borja|lang=Spanish}} 
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Carlos Castro Borja
| fullname = Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja
| image =
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1967|8|1}} 
| birth_place = [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
| height = {{height|m=1.65|precision=0}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|defender]]
| youthyears1 = 1986
| youthclubs1 = [[Real Destroyer]]
| years1 = 1986 
| years2 = 1987 
| years3 = 1988–1993 
| years4 = 1994 
| years5 = 1995–1997 
| years6 = 1998 
| years7 = 1999–2000 
| years8 = 2001–2003
| clubs1 = [[ADET]] 
| clubs2 = [[C.D. Chalatenango|Chalatenango]] 
| clubs3 = [[Atlético Marte]] 
| clubs4 = [[Grazer AK]] 
| clubs5 = [[C.D. FAS|FAS]] 
| clubs6 = [[Deportivo Zacapa|Zacapa]] 
| clubs7 = [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]] 
| clubs8 = [[San Salvador F.C.]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1989–2000
| nationalteam1 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]]
| nationalcaps1 = 57  
| nationalgoals1 = 6 
| pcupdate = 8 February 2011
| ntupdate = 8 February 2011
}}

'''Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja''' (born August 1, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran [[Association football|football]] player.

His position was defender.

==Club career==
In 1985, he became part of Destroyer in the B League and in 1986 made his [[Salvadoran Primera División|Premier League]] debut with [[ADET]] and then transferred to [[C.D. Chalatenango]] to play alongside figures like [[Mauricio Cienfuegos]], Carlos "Carlanga" Rivera and [[Edgar Henriquez|Edgar "Kiko" Henriquez]]. Then he campaigned with [[C.D. Atlético Marte]] where he gained prominence and was named to the [[El Salvador national football team|national squad]]. He was also named [[Most Valuable Player]] in the [[Salvadoran Primera División|first division]] for [[Atlético Marte]] in 1990.

Played also in [[C.D. FAS]], [[Deportivo Zacapa|Zacapa]] of Guatemala, [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo]], [[C.D. Águila]] and played in  Austria with [[Grazer AK]] in the Second Bundesliga and finally with [[San Salvador F.C.]]<ref>[http://www.masconazo.com/deportes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=988:podcast-entrevista-con-carlos-qpapoq-castro-borja-qmi-gol-a-mico-fue-mejor-que-el-sexoq&catid=13:la-selecta&Itemid=109 "TONY SACA NO CREÍA PORQUÉ ME DECÍAN PAPO" (Carlos Castro Borja)]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Masconazo {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==International career==
Also in 1985 he formed part of a selection of youth who participated in a tournament in Trinidad and Tobago and then at the Central American Games held in Guatemala.

Castro Borja was a symbol within the national team in the years of 1992 to 1997. He is still remembered as one of the most passionate players who defended his national colors. He had great physical stamina, his sweeper skills were to be admired and also caused problems for rival strikers. He participated in the [[1989 CONCACAF Championship|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2002]] World Cup qualification campaign.<ref>{{FIFA player|94801}}</ref> He scored the winner against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)#Final round|1994 World Cup qualifiers]], which was the first time El Salvador had defeated [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in several years.

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 18 February 1992 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|USA}} || 1-0 || 2-0 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 2 || 19 July 1992 || [[Dennis Martínez National Stadium|Estadio Rigoberto López]], [[Managua]], [[Nicaragua]] || {{fb|NCA}} || 3-0 || 5-0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3 || 23 July 1992 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|NCA}} || 1-0 || 5-1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4 || 23 July 1992 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|NCA}} || 3-0 || 5-1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 5 || 4 April 1993 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|MEX}} || 1&ndash;0 || 2&ndash;1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6 || 23 July 2000 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|SVG}} || 2&ndash;1 || 7&ndash;1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Retirement==
After finishing his football career with San Salvador FC, he traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he currently resides with his family and is responsible for the school of soccer run by [[Cruz Azul]].

== Titles ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Team
!Title
|-
|1991|| [[Marte Quezaltepeque|Atlético Marte]]|| [[CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup]]
|-
|1994&ndash;1995|| [[C.D. FAS]]|| [[Salvadoran Primera División|Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]]
|-
|Clausura 1999|| [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo]]|| [[Salvadoran Primera División|Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]]
|-
|Clausura 2000|| [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo]]|| [[Salvadoran Primera División|Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=32920}}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071011011239/http://www.wilmellaw.com/DisplayPage.php?PageID=6025&PID=15

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