Brayan Véjar

Bryan Véjar
Véjar with Palestino in 2019
Personal information
Full name Bryan Alfonso Véjar Utreras
Date of birth (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Talcahuano, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Unión Española
Youth career
2000–2014 Huachipato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Huachipato 61 (3)
2016–2021 Colo-Colo 55 (2)
2019 → Palestino (loan) 23 (1)
2021–2024 Palestino 78 (3)
2025– Unión Española 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Chile U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2015

Bryan Alfonso Véjar Utreras (born 14 July 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Chilean Primera División side Unión Española as a full-back.

Club career

He made his professional debut playing for Huachipato on May 11, 2013. On that day, his team defeated Santiago Wanderers 3 goals to 1.

On August 4, 2016, it was officially announced his departure to Colo Colo, by petition of the current coach Pablo Guede. On August 4, 2021, he moved to Palestino after ending his contract with Colo-Colo.[1]

Véjar signed with Unión Española for the 2025 season.[2]

Seven-a-side football

Still a player of Palestino, he joined the Chilean seven-a-side football club Red Lions in November 2023 for the championship Legends Cup as coach, with the also active footballer Martín Rodríguez as player.[3]

International career

Véjar was one of the players selected by former Chilean coach Jorge Sampaoli to spar with the Chile National team for the World cup Brazil 2014.[4] After, he represented Chile U20 at the 2015 South American U-20 Championship, making one appearance.

In 2020, he took part in a training microcycle of the Chile senior team.[5]

Honours

Colo-Colo

References

  1. ^ "Brayan Véjar fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de Palestino". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ Vera, Pablo (16 December 2024). "Unión tiene nuevo fichaje: "Talento, rapidez y versatilidad"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ Arriaza, Bastián (19 November 2023). "Martín Rodríguez retorna a Chile para firmar con un nuevo club". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Los sparring que acompañarán a la Roja en Brasil 2014" (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (16 September 2020). "Joan Cruz y Brayan Véjar sorprenden y entran a la nómina de Reinaldo Rueda para el microciclo de Chile". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2021.


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