Borja Docal Sáiz (born 3 October 1991) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a left-back or a left winger.
Club career Docal was born in Santander, Cantabria. A product of local giants Racing de Santander's youth system, he made his first-team debut on 19 August 2012, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Las Palmas in the Segunda División.Las Palmas ilusiona ante un Racing discreto (Las Palmas full of illusion against discreet Racing); Marca, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish) He scored his first professional goal the following 23 March but in another defeat, this time 3–2 at CD Lugo.Quique Setién hunde un poco más a 'su' Racing (Quique Setién sinks 'his' Racing further); Marca, 23 March 2013 (in Spanish) He finished his first season with the main squad with 14 starts and 1,314 minutes of action, suffering relegation.El Mirandés incorpora al joven extremo Borja Docal, del Racing (Mirandés add young winger Borja Docal, from Racing); Diario de Burgos, 15 July 2013 (in Spanish)
On 14 July 2013, Docal signed with fellow second-tier club CD Mirandés.El Mirandés ficha a Borja Dorcal (Mirandés sign Borja Docal); Marca, 14 July 2013 (in Spanish) He returned to Racing the following year,Borja Docal regresa al Racing y José Artiles jugará como cedido (Borja Docal returns to Racing and José Artiles will play on loan); El Diario Montañés, 26 August 2015 (in Spanish) and subsequently had abroad spells with FK Senica (Slovak Super Liga) and FC Dynamo Brest (Belarusian Premier League) before returning to Spain in 2018 with Gimnástica de Torrelavega.Un fichaje conocido y la renovación más deseada (A known signing and the most wanted renewal); Cadena SER, 27 June 2018 (in Spanish)
Personal life Docal's second cousin, Sergio Canales – their paternal grandmothers being sisters – was also a footballer.El Racing ficha al hermano pequeño de Sergio Canales (Racing sign Sergio Canales' little brother); Diario AS, 5 June 2010 (in Spanish)
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