Career
In 1999, Borel earned two caps for Germany at the U-21 level He is currently working at Hannover 96 as goalkeeper coordinator. Borel played between 1998 and 2005 with SV Werder Bremen, and before that with SV Waldhof Mannheim and Football Club Germania Friedrichstal.
In season 2007-2008, he was part of Budapest Honvéd Football Club, with whom he earned 8 appearances playing in the Hungarian League.
In March 2009, Borel signed with Chernomorets Burgas until the end of the season. On 4 April 2009, he made his competitive debut for the team in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia.
Borel quickly became part of the main team and on 28 May 2009 he received a new contract with the club until the end of 2010-2011 season. He left the club on 10 June 2011 after his contract expired.
Borel ended his career at RB Leipzig.