[Official] Paju FC has experience in EPL and recruited Borja, a former top scorer in Spain's second division

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Paju Frontier FC adds weight to the offense by recruiting Borja Bastón, a proven Spanish striker on the European stage.

Paju Frontier FC officially announced the recruitment of center forward Borja on the club's official channel on the 4th. Borha won the 2009 U-17 World Cup with five points and made his European debut in 2009 after making his professional debut for Atletico Madrid.

In 2016, he moved to Swansea and recorded a transfer fee of about 15 million pounds (about 29.5 billion won), drawing attention as he broke the record for the highest transfer fee in the club's history at the time. At that time, he played with Ki Sung-yueng, a midfielder from the South Korean national team, and experienced the Premier League stage. Since then, he has continued his competitiveness on the English stage at Aston Villa.

After his return to Spain, he made his presence known again at Real Oviedo. It's the 2021/22 season He became the league's top scorer with 22 goals for the División and established himself as a key striker for the team, scoring a total of 42 goals in 119 games from 2021 to 2024.

Borha is a target striker who uses his height of 1m 86cm. He has excellent ability to protect the ball from the front and control the right to provide, and also has advantages in linked plays that lead to second-line resources' participation in the attack. On top of that, it is not just a post player, but it has excellent penetration timing to penetrate the back of the defense, and in particular, positioning and shooting accuracy in the penalty box are considered his biggest weapons. The decision-making power to lead a short moment to a goal has already been proven by the result of Segunda División's top scorer.

Borha said, "I was very impressed with the vision shown by Paju Frontier FC and the direction of the club," adding, "I feel responsible to be together at an important time for the foundation. I will also prove my competitiveness on the K-League stage and contribute to the team," he said.

"Borha is a striker who has proven his competitiveness in major European leagues, and is a resource that will increase the completeness of the team's attack," Hwang said. "We are continuing to recruit strategically even with a limited budget, and as we have become the only club in the K-League to have two EPL players, we will create a competitive team to entertain Paju citizens," he said.

Paju Frontier FC, which finished the formation of the offense with Borha's recruitment, is set to play its home opener against Suwon Samsung on the 7th.

- Name: Borja González Tomás

- Birthday: August 25, 1992

- Height: 186 cm

- Key Experience: 2025 Granada CF

2021~2024 Real Ovie, too

2020 Aston Villa FC

2017~2018 Malaga CF

2016–2017 Swansea City AFC

2009 Atletico Madrid

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