Ana Borges

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ana Borges

| image = Ana Borges (20975713112) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Ana Borges in 2015

| fullname = Ana Catarina Marques Borges

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|15}}

| birth_place = Gouveia, Portugal

| height = 1.55 m{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce72/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 |work=FIFA |page=1 |format=PDF |date=12 February 2023 |access-date=12 February 2023}}

| currentclub = Sporting CP

| clubnumber = 9

| position = Forward / Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = Laura Santos

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2008–2013

| clubs2 = Prainsa Zaragoza

| caps2 = 130

| goals2 = 35

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = Santa Clarita Blue Heat

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2013–2014

| clubs4 = Atlético Madrid

| caps4 = 21

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2017

| clubs5 = Chelsea

| caps5 = 35

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2017–

| clubs6 = Sporting CP

| caps6 = 132

| goals6 = 22

| nationalyears1 = 2006–2009

| nationalteam1 = Portugal U19

| nationalcaps1 = 27

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2009–

| nationalteam2 = Portugal

| nationalcaps2 = 185

| nationalgoals2 = 11

| pcupdate = 10 June 2025

| ntupdate = 10 June 2025

}}

Ana Catarina Marques Borges ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈɐnɐ ˈβɔɾʒɨʃ}}; born 15 June 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger or a right-back for Sporting CP and the Portugal women's national football team. After initially joining on loan from Chelsea,{{cite news|title=Borges signs to 2018|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/12/borges-signs-to-2018.html|accessdate=27 June 2017|publisher=Chelsea F.C.|date=19 December 2016}} she made the move back to Portugal permanent in July 2017, just before UEFA Women's Euro 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2017/07/05/ladies-keeper-contract-and-fond-farewell-|title=Ladies keeper contract and fond farewell {{!}} Official Site {{!}} Chelsea Football Club|website=ChelseaFC}} She is an important member of the Portugal national team[https://web.archive.org/web/20100628141150/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=107218/profile/index.html Profile] in UEFA's website[https://www.fpf.pt/portal/page/portal/PORTAL_FUTEBOL/SELECCOES/NOTICIA?notid=11888604 Ana Borges and Sílvia Rebelo are paid a hommage.]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Portuguese Football Federation with over 110 caps.

Club career

At the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final, staged at Wembley Stadium for the first time, Borges appeared as a late substitute in Chelsea's 1–0 win over Notts County. It was Chelsea's first major trophy.{{cite news|last1=Aloia|first1=Andrew|title=How Chelsea won the Women's FA Cup|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/33511324|accessdate=27 December 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 August 2015}} In October 2015 she was an unused substitute for Chelsea's 4–0 win over Sunderland, which secured the club's first FA WSL title and a League and Cup "double".{{cite news|last1=Garry|first1=Tom|title=WSL 1: Chelsea Ladies 4–0 Sunderland Ladies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34372478|accessdate=27 December 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 October 2015}}

In December 2016, Borges renewed her contract with Chelsea but agreed to move on loan to Sporting CP at the same time.{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Sophie |title=Borges to stay in Blue after a stint with Sporting Lisbon |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2016/12/19/womens-football/734369-borges-to-stay-in-blue-after-a-stint-with-sporting-lisbon.html |accessdate=27 December 2018 |publisher=Vavel |date=19 December 2016}} On being introduced to the crowd at Estádio José Alvalade, Borges vowed: "I will do everything to help Sporting, the club of my whole life."{{cite news |last1=Almeida |first1=Isaura |title=Ana Borges no Sporting, por empréstimo do Chelsea |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/ana-borges-no-sporting-por-emprestimo-do-chelsea-5559857.html |accessdate=27 December 2018 |publisher=Diário de Notícias |date=18 December 2016 |language=Portuguese}}

Borges was voted the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino Player of the Season in June 2018.{{cite news |title=Ana Borges eleita melhor jogadora da época 2017/2018 |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-feminino/detalhe/ana-borges-eleita-melhor-jogadora-da-epoca-20172018 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |publisher=Record |date=14 June 2018 |language=Portuguese}}

International career

Borges scored on her debut for the Portugal women's national football team on 4 March 2009, a 2–1 win over Poland at the 2009 Algarve Cup. Two days later Portugal secured another 2–1 win, this time against Wales, and Borges scored again on the occasion of her second cap. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the 23-player Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.{{cite news |title=Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017 |url=https://pt.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/023b-0e17f3fb4389-9a6171e07807-1000--portugal-anuncia-convocatoria-final-para-o-uefa-women-s-euro/ |access-date=28 December 2018 |publisher=UEFA |date=6 July 2017 |language=Portuguese}}

In November 2017 she made her 100th appearance for Portugal in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification fixture against Moldova.{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=André |title=Ana Borges vai ser centenária |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/selecao-feminina/detalhe/ana-borges-vai-ser-centenaria |accessdate=26 December 2018 |publisher=Record |date=22 November 2017 |language=Portuguese}}

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Mark White last |date=2023-06-07 |title=Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/portugal-women-world-cup-2023-squad-team-roster-players |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Soccerway|ana-borges/99142}}
{{FPF national player|643062}}
[https://www.sporting.pt/pt/futebol-feminino/seniores/plantel/ana-catarina-marques-borges Profile] at Sporting CP {{in lang|pt}}

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