Borja Bastón  Borja González Tomás (born 25 August 1992), known simply as Borja and sometimes nicknamed Bastón, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for English club Aston Villa. Trained at Atlético Madrid, he spent much of his tenure out on loan and with Atlético Madrid B, this included successful spells at Deportivo and Zaragoza in the Segunda División and Eibar in La Liga. In 2016 he signed with Swansea City, being loaned twice during his contract. Borja earned 27 caps and scored 18 goals for Spain at youth level, finishing as top scorer at the 2009 U-17 World Cup and winning the European Under-19 Championship two years later. Born in Madrid, Borja arrived in his hometown club Atlético Madrid's youth system at the age of four. He began as a goalkeeper, the position which his father played professionally, but he converted him to a forward so that he could enjoy the game more. He made his senior debut in the 2009–10 season, scoring 12 goals for the reserve team in the Segunda División B. On 15 May 2010, in the campaign's last round, Borja made his first-team and La Liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Tiago in the 58th minute of the match against Getafe. Twenty minutes later, however, he was stretchered off with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury on his left knee, in an eventual 0–3 home loss. Seven months after his injury, Borja re-appeared with Atlético B, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Cacereño. After the match, he stated: "I'm very happy. I've passed really bad times and I've suffered, but now I'm prepared to help the team go up in the league table." In late August 2011 Borja was loaned to Real Murcia, recently promoted to the Segunda División. On 30 August of the following year he moved to Huesca also in a temporary deal, scoring nine times for the latter during the season as it ended in relegation. On 27 January 2013, he netted in a 2–1 success at Numancia but was also sent off for a second yellow card. On 28 August 2013, Borja joined Deportivo de La Coruña on a two-year loan. After helping his team return to the top flight at the first attempt, he moved to fellow league club Real Zaragoza also in a temporary deal, scoring 22 goals in the regular season, contributing to his team's run to the promotion play-off final and earning a spot in the Team of the Season.