Braian_Ojeda
Braian Ojeda
Paraguayan footballer (born 2000)
Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez (pronounced “Bry-ahn”, born 27 June 2000) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Real Salt Lake and the Paraguay national team.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Olimpia | 28 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Real Salt Lake (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2023– | Real Salt Lake | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Paraguay U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | Paraguay U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2020 | Paraguay U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Paraguay | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2022 | |||
Ojeda began his career with Paraguayan Primera División team Olimpia.[3] He was promoted into senior football at the end of the 2018 campaign, appearing for his professional debut on 2 December in a 3–2 victory over Sol de América; he was substituted off at half-time.[3] Another appearances followed a week later against 3 de Febrero, as Olimpia received their forty-second league title.[3] He also participated in three Copa Paraguay games that year.[4][5] In March 2019, Ojeda renewed his contract.[6][7] In July, after not featuring in 2019, Ojeda was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia of the Argentine Primera División.[8][9]
On 31 August 2021, Ojeda moved to EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[10] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Luton Town on 23 November 2021.[11]
On 4 August 2022, Ojeda was loaned to Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake for the 2022–23 season.[12] On 1 August 2023, the deal was made permanent and Ojeda joined Salt Lake on a permanent transfer.[13][14]
Ojeda represented Paraguay at U17 and U20 level.[3] He appeared eight times at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile, as they qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India; where he featured against Mali, New Zealand and the United States.[3][15][16] In 2019, Ojeda played three times at the South American U-20 Championship.[3][17]
In 2020, Ojeda held representative honours with the Paraguay national under-23 squad at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
He made his debut for the senior squad on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador, a 0–2 away loss. He substituted Hugo Martínez in the 65th minute.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olimpia | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Olimpia[3]
Nottingham Forest
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- "Braian Ojeda". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- Braian Ojeda at Soccerway
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- "Braian Ojeda, otra buena aparición". ABC. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Nicolás Morínigo renueva contrato con Olimpia". Tigo Sports. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "El juvenil de Olimpia que podría ir a Europa". Versus. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Sangre Guaraní para Defensa". Defensa y Justicia. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Defensa y Justicia: Braian Ojeda, la apuesta del halcón". TyC Sports. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Nottingham Forest 0-0 Luton". BBC. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "Ojeda Departs on Loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 August 2022.
- "Paraguai Sub-17 termina o ano com treinos no Albiróga". CONMEBOL. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Under-17 World Cup: Paraguay announce 24-member squad". Goal. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Ya están los 23 para el Sudamericano Sub 20". Crónica. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Ecuador v Paraguay game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
- "Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait". 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- Braian Ojeda at Soccerway