Ronny Borja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronny Matías Borja Robalino | ||
| Date of birth | June 10, 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Quito, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leones Fútbol Club | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2023 | El Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | El Nacional | 11 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Emelec | 24 | (1) |
| 2026– | Leones | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Ecuador U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | Ecuador U23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 February 2025 | |||
Ronny Matías Borja Robalino (born 10 June 2005) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leones Fútbol Club.
Club career
Born in Quito, Borja came through the youth categories of El Nacional. He made his senior debut for the club during the 2023 season, in which he made 12 appearances and scored one goal.
Having become a free agent after leaving El Nacional, Borja signed for Emelec on 16 February 2024, with the Guayaquil-based club acquiring 100 per cent of his training and economic rights.[1] He made his Ecuadorian Serie A debut on 4 August 2024, starting in a 1–0 home defeat to Deportivo Cuenca; he was replaced late in the match by academy graduate Elkin Muñoz, who was himself making his professional debut in the same game.[2]
Borja's spell at Emelec was disrupted by injury. In April 2025 he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament and medial meniscus in his left knee during a 1–1 draw with Manta FC, an injury that required surgery.[3] He returned before the end of the year but suffered a partial tear of a collateral ligament in training in November 2025, ending his season early.[4]
Borja left Emelec as a free agent at the end of his contract and, on 30 January 2026, joined newly promoted Leones Fútbol Club ahead of the club's first-ever season in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[5]
International career
In January 2024, while still registered with El Nacional, Borja was called up by coach Miguel Bravo to Ecuador's under-23 squad for that year's South American Pre-Olympic Tournament in Venezuela, a competition that doubled as qualification for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Ecuador were eliminated in the group phase.[6]
In January 2025, by then an established member of Emelec's first-team squad, Borja was named in Ecuador's under-20 squad for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship, a qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 July 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | State League | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| El Nacional | 2023 | LigaPro Serie A | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Emelec | 2024 | LigaPro Serie A | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2025 | LigaPro Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| Leones | 2026 | LigaPro Serie A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
References
- ↑ "Finalmente es oficial: Emelec confirma el fichaje del mediocampista Ronny Borja" [Finally official: Emelec confirms the signing of midfielder Ronny Borja] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Deportivo Cuenca se aprovechó de un Emelec con DT nuevo y sin ideas" [Deportivo Cuenca took advantage of an Emelec side with a new manager and short of ideas] (in Spanish). Olé. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ronny Borja fue operado con éxito del ligamento cruzado anterior y menisco de la rodilla izquierda" [Ronny Borja successfully operated on for torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee] (in Spanish). El Universo. April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Triste adiós al 2025: Ronny Borja sufre otra lesión y se despide antes de tiempo de la temporada con Emelec" [Sad farewell to 2025: Ronny Borja suffers another injury and ends his season early with Emelec] (in Spanish). Futbol Ecuador. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ronny Borja tiene todo acordado para convertirse en nuevo jugador de Leones FC" [Ronny Borja has everything agreed to become a new Leones FC player] (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ecuador confirmó bajas y altas en la lista para el Preolímpico Sub 23" [Ecuador confirms squad changes for the Under-23 Pre-Olympic Tournament] (in Spanish). ESPN. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Con la presencia de Kendry Páez: Confirmada la nómina de Ecuador para el Sudamericano Sub-20" [With Kendry Páez included: Ecuador's squad confirmed for the South American U-20 Championship] (in Spanish). ESPN. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ Ronny Borja at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Quito
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- C.D. El Nacional footballers
- C.S. Emelec footballers
- Leones F.C. (Ecuador) players
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Ecuador men's youth international footballers
- Ecuador men's under-20 international footballers