borrelli was born in marseille and began his career with asptt marseille. in 1986, he moved to toulon, where he played almost 150 times. in 1993 borrelli joined paris saint germain, but played just four times in two seasons, leaving for stade malherbe caen in 1995. the highlight of this time at "psg" was playing as they won the 1995 coupe de la ligue final against sc bastia.