Brandon Cortés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cortés and the second or maternal family name is Bustos.

Brandon Cortés

Personal information
Full name	Brandon William Cortés Bustos
Date of birth	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Barracas, Argentina[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder[3][4]
Team information
Current team	Nueva Chicago (on loan from Boca Juniors)
Youth career
	Juventud Unida de Barracas
	Vélez Sarsfield
2012–2019	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Boca Juniors	4	(0)
2020–2021	→ Universidad de Chile (loan)	16	(0)
2024	→ Central Córdoba SdE (loan)	0	(0)
2024–	→ Nueva Chicago (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2019	Argentina U18	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:26, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Brandon William Cortés Bustos (born 26 June 2001) is an Argentine-Chilean[5] professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nueva Chicago, on loan from Boca Juniors.[3]

Club career

Cortés is a product of the Boca Juniors youth set-up; signing in 2012 after spells with Juventud Unida de Barracas and Vélez Sarsfield.[6][7][8] He was moved into the first-team by manager Gustavo Alfaro in 2018–19, with his first experience of senior football arriving on 2 April 2019 as he was an unused substitute in the Copa Libertadores against Athletico Paranaense.[3][9] Cortés, who is of Chilean descent, subsequently made his professional bow days later, aged seventeen, in an away draw versus Aldosivi in the Primera División; he was substituted on in place of Sebastián Villa after eighty-three minutes.[3][10]

After one further match for Boca, versus Río Cuarto's Estudiantes in the Copa Argentina, Cortés departed on loan in November 2020 to Universidad de Chile; penning terms until December 2021.[11] He immediately made appearances later that month against Santiago Wanderers, Unión La Calera and Everton in the Primera División.[3]

In the first half of 2024, Cortés was loaned out to Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero. In the second half of the same year, he was loaned out to Nueva Chicago on a deal until December 2025 with an option to buy.[12][13]

International career

Cortés, who is eligible to play for Chile or Argentina, trained with the Chile U17s ahead of the 2017 FIFA World Cup, though didn't make the final cut due to paperwork issues.[1][10][14][15] In July 2019, Cortés was called up by the Argentina U18s for that year's L'Alcúdia International Tournament in Spain.[16] Argentina beat Mauritania in match one, with Cortés netting a goal in a 4–1 win.[17]

In January 2023, Cortés was called up to a training microcycle of Chile U23 under Eduardo Berizzo.[18][19]

Personal life

Cortés was born in Argentina to Chilean parents. He holds dual Argentine-Chilean nationality.[20][5]

Career statistics

As of 28 December 2020.[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boca Juniors	2018–19	Argentine Primera División	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Universidad de Chile (loan)	2020	Chilean Primera División	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	4	0
Career total			5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

References

1. "Quién es Brandon Cortés, el juvenil chileno de Boca que debutó ante Aldosivi". Goal. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. "Estadísticas". Boca Juniors. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. "Argentina - B. Cortés". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
4. "Brandon Cortés". World Football. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "Brandon Cortés desata una guerra entre Chile y Argentina". es.besoccer.com (in Spanish). 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2024. nació en Buenos Aires y cuenta con la nacionalidad chilena (padres chilenos).
6. "El juvenil de Boca que sueña con jugar el Mundial Sub 17 con la Rojita". Fútbol Joven Chile. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
7. "Brandon Cortés, el 10 de Boca que suena con ganar un Mundial con Chile". Diario Xeneize. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
8. "¿Quién es Brandon Cortés, el juvenil de Boca que fue citado por Alfaro?". TyC Sports. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
9. "Quién es el "Chile" Cortes, la promesa de Boca que cautivó a Alfaro y viajó para el partido ante Paranaense". Infobae. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
10. "¿Quiénes son los dos juveniles que debutarían vs. Aldosivi?". Olé. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
11. "Brandon Cortés fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de Universidad de Chile". ADN. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
12. "Brandon Cortés, el juvenil de Boca que fue anunciado en dos equipos: ¿dónde jugará?". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
13. Vera, Pablo (5 July 2024). "Brandon Cortés causa locura en el mercado argentino: ¡fue presentado en dos equipos!". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
14. "Chileno de Boca se debate entre la Roja y la Albiceleste". CDF. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
15. "Brandon Cortés, la historia del chileno que debutará en Boca". AS. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
16. "Convocados y fixture del torneo COTIF L'Alcúdia". AFA. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
17. "Sub 18: Argentina derrotó a Mauritania en su debut". Cielosports. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
18. Reyes, Luis (20 January 2023). "Brandon Cortés regresa a la Roja". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
19. "Brandon Cortés: "Estoy muy contento de volver a estar acá"". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. January 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
20. @ReservaBocaJrs (6 December 2023). "➜ Brandon CORTÉS nació en Argentina, pero obtuvo la nacionalidad chilena por parte de sus padres" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Twitter.

External links

• Brandon Cortés at Soccerway