Borja Valle Balonga (born 9 July 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primera Federación club Ponferradina.
Club career Ponferradina Born in Ponferrada, Castile and León, Valle was a product of local SD Ponferradina's youth system, making his senior debut with the reserves in the 2009–10 season. On 9 May 2010, he appeared in his first official match with the first team, playing the last 19 minutes of the 1–0 away loss against Zamora CFZamora–Ponferradina (1–0); La Opinión de Zamora, 9 May 2010 (in Spanish) as the club was eventually promoted.
On 29 January 2011, Valle made his professional debut with Ponfe by coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 defeat at SD Huesca in the Segunda División.Camacho oxigena al Huesca (Camacho gives oxygen to Huesca); Marca, 29 January 2011 (in Spanish) His first goal in the competition came on 12 March, as he closed the 2–1 home win over Albacete Balompié.La Ponferradina vuelve a ganar 17 jornadas después (Ponferradina win again after 17 rounds); Marca, 12 March 2011 (in Spanish)
Spell in Galicia On 26 January 2012, Valle was loaned to Celta de Vigo B of Segunda División B.Borja Valle se va cedido al Celta B a petición propia (Borja Valle goes on loan to Celta B at his own request); Diario de León, 26 January 2012 (in Spanish) Six months later, he joined CD Ourense in the same league and also on loan.Borja Valle e Iván gonzález, nuevos jugadores del CD Ourense. (Borja Valle and Iván González, new players of CD Ourense) ; GaliFutbol, 17 August 2012 (in Spanish)
Valle signed permanently with the latter on 6 June 2013.Oficial: Ourense, Borja Valle firma a título definitivo (Official: Ourense, Borja Valle signs permanently) ; Todo Mercado Web, 6 June 2013 (in Spanish)
Oviedo On 21 May 2014, Valle moved to Real Oviedo also in the third division.El Oviedo ficha a Borja Valle (Oviedo sign Borja Valle); La Nueva España, 21 May 2014 (in Spanish) He scored a career-best nine goals during the campaign, achieving promotion to the second tier.Borja Valle, una vida de lucha por su sueño (Borja Valle, a lifetime's fight for his dream); La Voz de Asturias, 28 September 2016 (in Spanish)
Deportivo Valle signed a three-year contract with La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña on 21 June 2016.Borja Valle, nuevo jugador del Real Club Deportivo (Borja Valle, new player of Real Club Deportivo); Deportivo La Coruña, 21 June 2016 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the competition on 26 August, replacing Florin Andone in a 0–0 away draw against Real Betis.Empate a nada en el Villamarín (Draw blank at the Villamarín); Marca, 26 August 2016 (in Spanish)
On 18 January 2017, Valle was loaned to Elche CF of division two until the end of the season.Acuerdo para que Borja Valle juegue cedido en el Elche (Agreement for Borja Valle to play on loan at Elche); Deportivo La Coruña, 18 January 2017 (in Spanish) Upon returning, he scored his first goal for Deportivo and in the top flight on 14 April 2018, in the 3–2 victory at Athletic Bilbao.La puesta de largo de Borja Valle (The coming of age of Borja Valle); El Desmarque, 14 April 2018 (in Spanish)
Romania Valle joined FC Dinamo București on 7 September 2020, on a two-year deal.Bun venit la Dinamo Bucuresti, Borja Valle Balonga (Welcome to Dinamo Bucharest, Borja Valle Balonga); Dinamo București, 7 September 2020 (in Romanian) In his first match in the Romanian Liga I, he scored from approximately 60 meters in the 1–1 home draw with FC Botoșani.Borja Valle a explicat execuția de la golul antologic! Ce reacție a avut portarul Pap (Borja Valle explained execution on anthological goal! What was goalkeeper Pap's reaction); Digi Sport, 11 September 2020 (in Romanian)
Later career On 30 December 2020, Valle returned to Oviedo on a short-term contract. The following 26 July, he moved to the Emirati UAE Pro League with Khor Fakkan Club, but returned to his homeland in the next transfer window on a five-month deal at AD Alcorcón.
On 7 July 2022, free agent Valle agreed to a one-year contract at fellow second-tier FC Cartagena. In June 2023, he returned to Romania on a two-year contract with FC Rapid București.
Career statistics
+Appearances by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPonferradina2010–11Segunda División101001012011–12Segunda División B7032102Total17132203Celta B (loan)2011–12Segunda División B13100131Ourense (loan)2012–13Segunda División B32410334Ourense2013–14Segunda División B32600326Oviedo2014–15Segunda División B219102292015–16Segunda División29610306Total5015205215Deportivo La Coruña2016–17La Liga7020902017–18La Liga173121852018–19Segunda División317003172019–20Segunda División24211253Total7912438315Elche (loan)2016–17Segunda División17400174Dinamo București2020–21Liga I9510105Oviedo2020–21Segunda División21000210Khor Fakkan2021–22UAE Pro League400040Alcorcón2021–22Segunda División19400194Cartagena2022–23Segunda División39620416Rapid București2023–24Liga I16130191Ponferradina2023–24Primera Federación193—193Career total3676217538467
Honours Oviedo Segunda División B: 2014–15
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