Hernán "Chico" Borja (August 24, 1959 – January 25, 2021) was an Ecuadorian-born American soccer player and coach.
[2] He attended New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where Borja played on the men's soccer team.
[3] He finished his career with multiple entries in the NCAA record books for both single game and season scoring.
Borja began his professional career as a midfield winger with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in 1981.
Although the Cosmos failed dismally, not making the playoffs, Borja's play earned him a place on the NASL North American all-star team that year.
After the Cosmos folded, Borja joined the Las Vegas Americans of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
From Las Vegas, Borja, moved to the Wichita Wings for two seasons, 1986–1987 and 1987–1988 before his transfer to the Los Angeles Lazers.
In 1985, he played two World Cup qualification matches, scoring a goal in a 2–1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
He finished his national team career in a scoreless World Cup qualification game with Jamaica on July 24, 1988, when he came on for Bruce Murray in the 61st minute.
[8] While Borja retired from professional soccer in 1992, that year he played for the United States men's national futsal team which won the silver medal at the World Championship.