
Borja Iglesias
Spanish footballer
Date of Birth | : | 17 January, 1993 (Age 32) |
Place of Birth | : | Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Profession | : | Footballer |
Nationality | : | Spanish |
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Borja Iglesias Quintas is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Celta, on loan from Betis, and the Spain national team.
International career
In September 2022, Iglesias and Nico Williams were called up for the first time to the Spain national team, ahead of UEFA Nations League games with Switzerland and Portugal. He made his debut against the former, in a 2–1 loss in Zaragoza. Despite his 20 goals making him the top scoring national player of the calendar year, he was overlooked for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – the first Spaniard since 1994 to be in this position.
Personal life
Iglesias was nicknamed Panda, after the song of the same name by rapper Desiigner. He received attention for painting his fingernails black in support of Black Lives Matter in 2020; his gesture was also a statement against homophobia, for which he was praised by the actor Brays Efe. When asked about his political opinions, he said "Footballers tend to lean a little bit to the right because sometimes we value that economic policy. For me, for example, that's not the only thing worth anything. What I'm trying to say is, I prefer to pay more to live in a country where I like what they do with that money".
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