Braian Ojeda

Braian Ojeda
Personal information
Full name Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez
Date of birth (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 24)[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 42 (2)
International career‡
2017 Paraguay U17 11 (0)
2019 Paraguay U20 3 (1)
2020 Paraguay U23 2 (0)
2021– Paraguay 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

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]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

As of 7 January 2022[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 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
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Olimpia[3]

Nottingham Forest

References

  1. ^ a b c "Braian Ojeda". World Football. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Braian Ojeda". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Braian Ojeda at Soccerway
  4. ^ a b "Braian Ojeda – Club Olimpia". Olimpia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Braian Ojeda, otra buena aparición". ABC. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Nicolás Morínigo renueva contrato con Olimpia". Tigo Sports. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. ^ "El juvenil de Olimpia que podría ir a Europa". Versus. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Sangre Guaraní para Defensa". Defensa y Justicia. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Defensa y Justicia: Braian Ojeda, la apuesta del halcón". TyC Sports. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Two more signings as Ojeda checks in". 31 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Nottingham Forest 0-0 Luton". BBC. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Ojeda Departs on Loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Ojeda departs". August 2023.
  14. ^ "Real Salt Lake Permanently Acquires Paraguayan International Braian Ojeda from Nottingham Forest | Real Salt Lake".
  15. ^ "Paraguai Sub-17 termina o ano com treinos no Albiróga". CONMEBOL. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Under-17 World Cup: Paraguay announce 24-member squad". Goal. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Ya están los 23 para el Sudamericano Sub 20". Crónica. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  18. ^ "Ecuador v Paraguay game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait". BBC Sport. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.