Capi (footballer, born 1981)

For other people named CAPI, see CAPI (disambiguation).
Capi
Personal information
Full name Manuel Borja Calvar Simón
Date of birth (1981-04-02) 2 April 1981
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Pontevedra
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Celta B
2002–2003 Ponte Ourense
2003–2005 Zaragoza B 52 (0)
2004–2006 Zaragoza 13 (1)
2006–2009 Murcia 1 (0)
2007 → Lorca Deportiva (loan) 5 (1)
2007–2008 → Las Palmas (loan) 7 (0)
2008–2009 → Ciudad Santiago (loan) 32 (2)
2009–2012 Montañeros 65 (4)
2012–2014 Ourense 48 (2)
2014– Pontevedra 52 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calvar and the second or maternal family name is Simón.

Manuel Borja Calvar Simón (born 2 April 1981), known as Capi, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Pontevedra CF as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Capi graduated from local Celta de Vigo's youth system, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2000–01 season, in Tercera División. Two years later he joined neighbouring Ponte Ourense CF, also in the fourth level.

In the 2003 summer, Capi signed with Real Zaragoza, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. On 25 April 2004 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a substitute in a 4–4 home draw against Sevilla FC.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 6 March of the following year, in a 1–0 home success over Racing de Santander.[2]

In 2006, Capi joined Segunda División club Real Murcia. However, after appearing only once in the first part of the campaign, he moved to Lorca Deportiva CF on loan,[3] signing with UD Las Palmas six months later in the same predicament;[4] after a third loan stint, with lowly SD Ciudad de Santiago, he was released in August 2009.[5]

In the following years, Capi competed mainly in the third division but also in the fourth, representing Montañeros CF,[6] CD Ourense[7] and Pontevedra CF.

References

  1. ↑ "Real Zaragoza 4–4 Sevilla FC". ESPN FC. 25 April 2004. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Real Zaragoza 1–0 Racing Santander". ESPN FC. 6 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. ↑ El Lorca logra la cesión del defensa murcianista Capi hasta el final de temporada (Lorca get loan of Murcia defender Capi until the end of the season); La Opinión de Murcia, 24 January 2007 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Real Murcia cede al defensa Capi a la Unión Deportiva Las Palmas (Real Murcia loan defender Capi to Unión Deportiva Las Palmas); La Verdad, 27 June 2007 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Real Murcia rescinde el contrato del defensa Capi (Real Murcia terminate contract of defender Capi); La Verdad, 27 August 2009 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ El Montañeros negocia las contrataciones del central Capi y del portero Dani Castro (Montañeros negotiate signings of stopper Capi and goalkeeper Dani Castro); La Voz de Galicia, 23 August 2009 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Nuevo presi, nuevos fichajes (New 'presi', new signings); Resultados Fútbol, 2 August 2012 (Spanish)

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