Rafael Santos Borré
Colombian footballer (born 1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rafael Santos Borré Maury (born 15 September 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Internacional and represents the Colombia national team.
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Full name | Rafael Santos Borré Maury | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Deportivo Cali | 26 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Deportivo Cali (loan) | 20 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Villarreal (loan) | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | River Plate | 83 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 63 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Internacional | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Colombia U20 | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Colombia Olympic | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Colombia | 32 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Succeeding his early career with Deportivo Cali, Borré signed with Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2015, where he was loaned back to Cali until 2016; that same year, Borré was loaned out to La Liga counterpart Villarreal CF. In 2017, Borré joined Argentine giant River Plate and won several titles during his time with the club,including the 2018 Copa Libertadores and the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana. Before his departure from the club, Borré consolidated himself as River Plate's top scorer of the renowned Marcelo Gallardo era with 55 goals. He returned to European football in 2021, signing for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. He helped the side conquer their second Europa League title in 2022, also scoring Eintracht's equalizer and winning penalty (5–4) in the final against Rangers; for his contributions, Borré was named in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League Team of the Year.
At youth level, Borré represented Colombia at the South American U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015. He made his senior debut in 2019 and has since collected over ten caps; Borré was part of the Colombia squad that finished third at the 2021 Copa América.