Rowllin Borges

He scored his debut goal for the club on 4 October in the next matchday against ATK in a 0–1 victory, where he scored the only goal of the day in the 89th minute of the match.

Rowllin Borges (born 5 June 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa, on loan from Mumbai City.

Born in Nuvem, Goa, Borges began his youth career by joining the youth team of Fransa-Pax FC at the age of 14, from where he moved to Velsao Pale FC's academy after one year.

He then moved to the academy of then I-League club, Sporting Clube de Goa.

Borges began his career by signing with Sporting Clube de Goa in 2011, who used to play in I-League at that time.

He made his debut for the club against Prayag United on 23 October 2011, which ended in a 2–2 draw in the 2011-12 I-League season.

Borges stayed at the club for the 2012-13 I-League season.

He played his first match of the season for the club against East Bengal on 7 October 2012, which ended in a 0–0 draw.

He ended his season goalless and played his last match of the season on 11 May 2013 against Mumbai FC that ended in a 2–2 draw.

Borges played his first match of the 2013-14 I-League season against Mumbai FC on 21 September 2013 in 1–1 draw.

He scored his debut goal for the club against Mohun Bagan on 23 March 2014, which ended in a 1–3 defeat for Sporting, as Borges scored the only goal for them in the 78th minute.

Borges scored his second of the season on 2 April in a 1–2 victory over Rangdajied United.

He scored his third goal of the season in his last match of the season against Goan rivals Salgaocar FC on 15 April in a thrilling 3–3 draw.

After a decent season, he played his first match of the 2014-15 I-League season against East Bengal on 18 January 2015 in a 1–1 draw, and ended his season by playing against Pune FC on 30 May as a substitute for Mahmoud Amnah in a huge victory over Pune with a score of 4–0.

Borges left the club after the 2015-16 season after making 59 appearances and scoring 3 goals along his time at Sporting Goa.

He stayed with Sporting for the 2015-16 I-League season, and played his first match of the season against DSK Shivajians FC on 17 January 2016, which ended in a 0–0 draw after the final whistle.

On 25 May 2016, Indian Super League club NorthEast United FC announced the signing of Borges on a free transfer along with four other signings for the 2016 Indian Super League season.

He played his debut match for the club on 1 October in a 1–0 victory over Kerala Blasters FC.

After the 2016 Indian Super League season, Borges was loaned to I-League club East Bengal.

After his impressive 2016 ISL season, on 11 December 2016, Borges was loaned to East Bengal for the 2016-17 I-League season.

After his stint with East Bengal, Borges was retained by NorthEast United for the 2017-18 Indian Super League season.

He played his first match of the season against Delhi Dynamos (current Odisha FC) on 2 December 2017 which ended in a 0–2 defeat for Delhi.

He played his debut match for the club on 7 January 2017 against Aizawl FC in a 1–1 draw.

Borges scored his debut goal for the club in the Kolkata Derby against Mohun Bagan on 9 April, where he scored the only goal for East Bengal in the injury time, which they lost 2–1 after the final whistle.

He played his last match with East Bengal on 29 April in a 0–4 victory over Mumbai FC and left the club after finishing his loan term.

Borges stayed at the club for the 2018-19 Indian Super League season, and played his first match of the campaign against FC Goa on 1 October 2018, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

He scored his second goal for the club against Chennaiyin FC in the high scoring match on 18 October, which ended in a 3–4 victory for them, as Borges scored the fourth goal for NorthEast in the 54th minute while the game was levelled, and helped them clinch the three points of the day.

In that match, it was Borges who opened the scoresheet, as it was him who scored an own goal in the fourth minute and gave Chennaiyin an early lead.

After the 2018-19 ISL season, Borges left the club to join Mumbai City FC.

He left after a remarkable season with four goal and two assists in his name, that helped NorthEast United to qualify for the semi-finals of the ISL for the first time in their history.

He scored his third goal of the season against Mumbai City FC on 13 February 2019, where he scored the opening goal in the fourth minute of the match, that they won 0–2 at final whistle.

Borges scored his last and fourth goal for NorthEast United on 20 February, when they drew against FC Pune City with a score of 1–1.

On his 27th birthday, on 5 June 2019, it was announced that Mumbai City FC had secured Rowllin Borges on a three year contract.

He played his debut match for the club in the 2019-20 Indian Super League season against Kerala Blasters FC in a 0–1 victory on 24 October 2019.

Borges scored his debut goal for the club on 15 December in a 2–3 victory over Bengaluru FC, where he scored in the injury time while the game was going to a draw, hence helping Mumbai City to collect the three points.

He scored his second goal of the season against FC Goa on 12 February 2020, which ended in a disastrous 5–2 defeat for Mumbai City even after the goal by Borges in the 19th minute of the game.

Borges played his first match of the 2020-21 Indian Super League season on 21 November 2020 in a 1–0 defeat against his former club NorthEast United.

Borges scored his first goal of the season against Odisha FC on 3 December, which Mumbai ended up winning 2–0.

He scored his second goal of the season on 8 February 2021 against FC Goa in a thrilling match, which ended in a 3–3 draw.

Mumbai ended their season as table toppers after a stellar season, which helped Borges to clinch his first ever trophy.