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Borja Criado

b. 1982

Catalan footballer

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About Borja Criado

Born 1982. Borja Criado is a Spanish association football player.

Borja Eduardo Criado Malagarriga (born 16 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career Criado was born in Barcelona, Catalonia. After signing in 2001 with Valencia CF from CE Europa in his native city, he spent the vast majority of his three-year spell with the former's reserves, appearing three times in La Liga for the first team precisely in the season where they failed to win the national championship during his stay; Rafael Benítez was in charge on his league debut on 1 December 2002, a 0–0 away draw against Deportivo Alavés (three minutes played).

In 2004, Criado joined another reserve team and also in the Segunda División B, RCD Espanyol B, suffering relegation in his first season. Subsequently, he moved to Segunda División with Ciudad de Murcia, appearing rarely (15 matches out of 42, no goals) in a near promotion to the top flight.

Criado was one of the players that remained with the club after it was relocated to Granada and renamed Granada 74 CF. In early January 2008, although initially acquitted by the Royal Spanish Football Federation's Competition Committee and Appeal Committee, he received a two-year ban for having tested positive for Finasteride in the previous year, whilst a Ciudad Murcia player. Since 2001, the player had been fighting against baldness with a product which contained the substance, interrupted the treatment for two years upon improving on his condition, then resumed it in 2005, the year when Finasteride was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency due to the fact it could be used to mask other drugs, as steroids.

Upon appeal, Criado's sentence was reduced to nine months then three, but he eventually chose to retire after losing all motivation, aged just 26. Subsequently, he worked as a notary.

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Borja Eduardo Criado Malagarriga

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Borja Criado?

Catalan footballer

When was Borja Criado born?

Borja Criado was born on 16 April 1982 in Barcelona.

What is Borja Criado's occupation?

Borja Criado is an association football player.

What nationality is Borja Criado?

Borja Criado is Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Borja Criado

· Wikidata: Q3823490

· DBpedia: Borja Criado

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